NYPD gets high-tech upgrade with new portable fingerprint scanner
September 21st 2010 10:13
New weapon in police war on crime - a handheld mobile fingerprint ID device, which can identify suspects if their prints are in NYPD database.
or so the NYdailynews tells us
Police hope the technology - used primarily by the crime scene unit and warrant division - will help speed up investigations by quickly generating names.
The prints are run through an electronic statewide database
They not only identify people; they also allow cops to take pictures of potential suspects they can use to show to crime victims.
And they can be used to identify the dead at homicide and accident scenes.
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