BIO-key(R) Awarded Mobile Data Contract for Ulster County, NY

Sheriff's Office Expands County-wide Information Sharing Network

WALL, N.J., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International, Inc. (OTC
Bulletin Board: BKYI), a leader in finger-based biometric identification and
wireless public safety solutions, today announced a contract award from the
Ulster County, NY Sheriff's Office for additional licenses of BIO-key's
MobileCop(R) in-vehicle mobile data software. The Sheriff's Office has been a
MobileCop user since 2000. With this order, placed through BIO-key partner
SHI, the Sheriff's Office is extending mobile data to its entire fleet, as
well as to patrol vehicles in the New Paltz and Lloyd Police Departments.

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MobileCop enables deputies and officers in the field to obtain critical
information directly from federal, state and local databases from laptops in
their vehicles. This lets them make more informed decisions faster, since they
no longer need to call a dispatcher and wait for a response. Additionally,
receiving an FBI stolen vehicle or wanted person alert electronically before
approaching the driver at a traffic stop, for example, helps protect officer
safety. The Sheriff's Office has also deployed PocketCop(R), BIO-key's
complementary mobile data solution on BlackBerry smartphones, to its command
staff and detectives.

With the addition of the New Paltz and Lloyd departments, Ulster County
Sheriff's Office now provides a MobileCop hosting service for 15 local and
county law enforcement agencies, giving even the smallest departments mobile
data access without the cost of maintaining their own separate systems.
MobileCop users in all of the hosted departments can also communicate silently
and securely with Sheriff's Office MobileCop and PocketCop users and with each
other. The network even seamlessly links patrol units in the Kingston Police
Department, which has a separate mobile data system.

"By having every law enforcement agency tied in, we've increased the speed of
communications across the entire county," according to Deputy Thomas Lattin of
the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, the Technical Officer in charge of the
network. "And because messages can't be intercepted by a scanner, those
communications stay secure."

The system enables units and users in neighboring department to coordinate
response with one another in pursuit and other mutual aid situations. As an
added officer safety feature all logged-on users are automatically notified
when any officer needs assistance or in any other emergency.

"With MobileCop and PocketCop, Ulster County has achieved what everyone in
public safety and homeland security talks about - interoperability and
real-time information sharing across agencies and jurisdictions," added Ken
Souza, Senior Vice President and General Manager of BIO-key's Law Enforcement
Division.

About BIO-key
BIO-key International, Inc., headquartered in Wall, New Jersey, develops and
delivers advanced identification solutions and information services to law
enforcement departments, public safety agencies, government and private sector
customers. BIO-key's mobile wireless technology provides first responders with
critical, reliable, real-time data and images from local, state and national
databases. BIO-key's high performance, scalable, cost-effective and
easy-to-deploy biometric finger identification technology accurately
identifies and authenticates users of wireless and enterprise data to improve
security, convenience and privacy and to reduce identity theft. Over 1,000
police departments in North America use BIO-key solutions, making BIO-key the
leading supplier of mobile and wireless solutions for law enforcement.
(http://www.bio-key.com)

Company Contact: BIO-key International, Inc.
Myles Tillotson
215-884-1740

SOURCE BIO-key International, Inc.

Myles Tillotson of BIO-key International, Inc., +1-215-884-1740