# Biometrica (aka Safience)

> Biometrica - now operating under the name Safience - is a Las Vegas-based public-safety and identity-intelligence company that helps law enforcement, casinos, schools and critical infrastructure find specific threats and missing victims without watching everyone. Its platform pairs a law-enforcement-only database of verified identities (UMbRA) with edge sensors (RTIS/RVIS) that capture a single still image, purge non-matches immediately, and store no biometric data on the device. The company's pitch is deliberately contrarian for its industry: public safety without mass surveillance, summed up in its tagline 'Being Big Brother Is a Choice.'

- **Founded:** 1998
- **Headquarters:** Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- **Founders:** Bob Schmitt (Founder (1998)), Wyly Wade (CEO (since 2016))
- **Team size:** ~17 employees
- **Products:** RTIS (Real-Time Threat Identification System), RVIS (Real-Time Victim Identification System), UMbRA, QAPLA, eMotive
- **Notable:** Built a 54M+ record identity database sourced 100% from law enforcement rather than scraped web images, Engineered edge sensors that store zero biometric data locally, eliminating a class of breach and theft risk, Holds Nevada PILB License #1295

## Products & services

- **RTIS (Real-Time Threat Identification System)** — An AI edge sensor that captures a single still image, performs face detection at the network edge, alerts on predefined threat/person-of-interest profiles, and purges non-matches immediately. No video, no audio, no on-device data retention.
- **RVIS (Real-Time Victim Identification System)** — A companion edge sensor focused on identifying and helping recover missing persons and victims through discreet, privacy-preserving still-image matching.
- **UMbRA** — A law-enforcement-only database of 54M+ verified identities (convicted individuals, felony warrants, and missing persons) sourced exclusively from law enforcement records - not the public web.
- **QAPLA** — Match-confirmation and employee/insider risk-monitoring tooling that confirms matches in seconds with a human-in-the-loop step.
- **eMotive** — Identity verification and similarity tooling used for verification workflows.
- **X-LST / access control** — Access-control offerings that extend the platform to controlled entry points.

## Achievements

- Built a 54M+ record identity database sourced 100% from law enforcement rather than scraped web images
- Engineered edge sensors that store zero biometric data locally, eliminating a class of breach and theft risk
- Holds Nevada PILB License #1295
- Deep roots in casino/gaming security dating to its 1998 founding
- CEO Wyly Wade helped develop biometric standards for the U.S. passport as CTO of passport maker Holliston

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Biometrica publicly pushed back on privacy-risk and biometric-data concerns raised during a proposed data-sharing arrangement with Milwaukee, clarifying it does not train models on mugshots or store non-matched images.
- **2025-11** — Launched the Safience brand ('the Trust Layer') and a redesigned safience.io site positioning the platform for ports, transit hubs, schools and critical infrastructure.
- **2022-10** — Closed a seed funding tranche of roughly $1.2M.

## Links

- Website: https://biometrica.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/biometrica-inc
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/biometrica_inc
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biometrica_inc
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/BiometricaSystemsInc

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Last updated: 2026-07-07