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Imagis Technologies Announces the Sale of Law Enforcement Software to the Sechelt RCMP Detachment

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2002--Imagis Technologies Inc. ("Imagis") (OTCBB:IGSTF) (TSXV:NAB) (Germany:IGY), a leading developer of law enforcement software and biometric systems using advanced facial recognition technology, announced today that the RCMP detachment located in Sechelt, BC has purchased a site license of Imagis' CABS(TM) Computerized Arrest and Booking System. This agreement continues Imagis' significant penetration into the Canadian law enforcement and security market, with over 50 installations to date.

Imagis' CABS solution is an integrated offender management system that features traditional arrest and booking functionality with additional, pre-integrated modules that enhance the investigative process. This includes easy integration with Imagis' ID-2000(TM) advanced biometric face and image recognition technologies as well as integration with Imagis' Integrated Justice System(TM), information sharing technology that allows access to both text and graphical data across disparate databases.

"The purchase of the software by the Sechelt RCMP Detachment is further recognition and endorsement by the Canadian law enforcement community in the effectiveness of Imagis' technology as a key tool in enhancing policing efforts," says Iain Drummond, President and CEO, Imagis Technologies Inc.

About Imagis Technologies Inc.

Imagis Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:IGSTF) (TSXV:NAB) (Germany:IGY) develops and markets identification systems and database management applications based on advanced biometric face and image recognition technologies. This includes identification and security solutions for use in law enforcement and public safety, airports, customs and immigration, driver's licenses and passports, and other government agency and private-sector initiatives.

The Company, whose Chairman is Oliver "Buck" Revell, the former Associate Deputy Director of the FBI, has over 140 installations of its software located across the United States, The United Kingdom, Canada, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. This includes one of the UK's national police agencies; more than 100 RCMP, police and sheriff departments across the United States and Canada; New Zealand Customs; and Toronto's Pearson International Airport.

For more information about Imagis Technologies Inc., please visit the company online at http://www.imagistechnologies.com.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Iain Drummond, President & CEO
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