Photo: Determining the identity of the owners of latent prints is often key to crime scene research, such as the owner of this latent printed pulled from a fingernail file. A NIST test shows that ...

In July, law enforcement agencies throughout the country will have access to the FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), a national online fingerprint and ...

The integration of fingerprint databases has fallen behind schedule, creating continued risks to national security, according to a Justice Department Inspector General report released last month. For ...

The Internal Revenue Service has ordered 52 Cross Match digital fingerprinting systems from Cross Match Technologies, to use in conducting fingerprint-based background checks on employees and ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) completed a $6.89 million upgrade of the state’s searchable database used for collecting, managing, and comparing fingerprints and palm ...

Enhanced identification system will support Homeland Security's controversial Secure Communities program. The federal government plans to use an upgraded FBI biometric database to identify dangerous ...

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M Cogent announced today that the Improvision NPS2, the company’s new high-speed duplex scanner, tested in full compliance and received certification from the ...

The FBI’s Clarksburg division has launched a new biometric identification system that officials say is already helping law enforcement officials around the country identify suspects faster and more ...

The FBI and Department of Defense are undergoing massive security-system makeovers that will make more extensive use of DNA, facial recognition, iris scans and palm over the traditional fingerprints ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KCTV) - The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has finally finalized a years-long project to update the state’s fingerprint identification system. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation ...

Initial award valued at over $2 million for implementing an automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) Cogent Systems has signed a contract with the Fresno County Sheriff's department for its ...

In the emerging world of advanced security systems at the FBI and Department of Defense, DNA, facial recognition, iris scans and palm prints will play a larger role in investigations than the ...