1. 15-5 Automated Fingerprint Identification System
Unit 15 Fingerprints

2. Automated Fingerprint Identification System
The Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) is a biometric identification (ID) methodology that uses digital imaging technology to
obtain,
Store
analyze fingerprint data.

3. Original Use
The AFIS was originally used by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, in criminal cases.
There is disagreement on how many points of minutiae are required for a match.

4. Who Uses AFIS?
AFIS is primarily use by law enforcement agencies for criminal identification.

5. Identification of Suspects
The most important of which include identifying a person suspected of committing a crime or linking a suspect to other unsolved crimes.

6. Other Uses
It also helps to identify victim of natural and man-made disasters.
This helps families to reconnect with lost members of their family.

7. Modern Techniques for Gathering Data
New mobile fingerprint scanning technology allow police officers to use their smartphones to identify people in less than a minute.

8. Handheld Scanning
A police fingerprinting app on an officer’s phone, combined with a handheld biometric scanner, allows police to check fingerprints from records in live databases
criminal
immigration