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Director General of BORDERPOL Announces the Establishment of Research and Development Group

On August 1, 2015 BORDERPOL officially established a security research and development group to be based in London, England. The name of the group is BORDERPOL Services Ltd. and is a wholly owned subsidiary of BORDERPOL.ORG which is headquartered in Canada.

BORDERPOL Services Ltd will provide the global border security, traveler/migration management community with access to various products and services that will primarily involve the development and testing of emerging technologies in the interest of making borders safer, smarter and more beneficial to users.

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BORDERPOL Services Group will function as an independent support entity and will be operated on a fee for service basis.The Group will be in the forefront of the development and testing of various cutting edge technologies that will aid and assist the effective and efficient operation of border security and traveler/migration management systems.

The Group will be managed by the Deputy Director General and Chief of Operations, Mr. Ken Richardson and the Director of Strategic Development Mr. Louis Lyonel Voiron.

BORDERPOL Services Ltd will interface directly with trans national science and technology industries as well as respected institutions of science and technologies. An advisory panel of interested parties from national border services and the technical and scientific community associated with border security will provide specialist support to the group. The Regional Secretariats of BORDERPOL in Europe, Asia and the Americas will interface with the Group as required.

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"I am pleased to announce the establishment of a new and exciting initiative that will bring BORDERPOL in direct contact with industries that will with our support create new technologies that will make our global borders safer for all users. The Group will no doubt develop and bring to market new and exciting products for the use of border services the world over."

Thomas A. [Tom] Tass, Director General BORDERPOL.

 

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