**Exhibit31.2**

**CERTIFICATIONOF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER**

**Pursuantto Rule 13a-14(a) adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-OxleyAct of 2002**

 

I, Wayne G. Wetherell, certify that:

1. I have reviewedthis Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 1) of ImageWare Systems, Inc.;

2. Based on myknowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this report;

4. Theregistrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a–15(e) and 15d–15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a–15(f) and 15d–15(f)) for the registrantand have:

                (a) Designed such disclosurecontrols and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures tobe designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relatingto the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to usby others within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

                (b) Designed such internalcontrol over financial reporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparationof financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles;

                (c) Evaluated the effectivenessof the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in thisreport our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;and

                (d) Disclosed in this report anychange in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting thatoccurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant'sfourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant'sinternal control over financial reporting; and

5. Theregistrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on ourmost recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

                (a) All significant deficienciesand material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control overfinancial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect theregistrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

        (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant'sinternal control over financial reporting.
| Dated: | April 30,  2007 |                    |   | /s/ Wayne G. Wetherell |
|--------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------|------------------------|
|   |            | Wayne G. Wetherell      |
|   |            | Chief Financial Officer |

 

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