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SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 1989
PURCHASE OF COMPUTER ASSISTED L'INGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION
SYSTEM APPROVED
* * *
FOLLOWING A YEAR OF TESTS AND EVALUATIONS THE ROYAL
PURCHASE
COMPUTER ASSISTED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
POLICE RECOMMENDATION TO
A
HONG KONG FINGERPRINT
AWARDED TO MORPHO ASSOCIATION WITH IBM CHINA/HONG KONG
THE CONTRACT TO SUPPLY THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN SYSTEMS SA. A FRENCH COMPANY CORPORATION.
THE COMPUTER ASSISTED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (CAFIS) LAW WILL BRING THE FORCE IN LINE IN THIS FIELD WITH THE WORLD'S MAJOR ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
WILL COST
APPROXIMATELY
THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SYSTEM. WHICH $28 NILLION. IS SCURDULED TO BE OPERATIONAL IN OCTOBER 1990.
THE
INFORMATION
THE THE PROJECT TEAM TASKED WITH AVAILABLE SYSTEM AND THE INTRODUCTION OF THE
TECHNOLOGY BRANCH
AND TESTING
EVALUATION SYSTEM WAS DRAWN FROM AND THE END-USERS. THE
OF
IDENTIFICATION BUREAU.
MANAGEMENT
SERVICES OFFICER
AND MR
SUPERINTENDENT DAVID OLDROYD AND MRS CATHERINE KWAN REPRESENTED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BRANCH BRUCE FERGUSON THE IDENTIFICATION BUREAU.
MR
FERGUSON
RECENTLY WAR
APPOINTED
STAFF
OFFICER
MANAGERI CAFIS FOLLOWING HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE POST OF SENIOR OFFICER IN IDENTIFICATION BUREAU.
(SYSTEM STAFF
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE MAJOR COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY TO FINGERPRINT WORK WERE TWOFOLD.
BENEFITS OF THE APPLICATION OF
FINGERPRINT SEARCHES THAT TAKE SIX WEEKS OR MORE
PROCEDURES SEARCH EXISTING MANUAL
ጥግን COMPLETE
IN WILL
FUTURE HE
OF AN OFFENDER
USING OUR L'OMPLETED IN A DAY USING TAPTS.
"THIS WILL RESULT IN THE QUICK IDENTIFICATION AND HIS EARLY ARREST WILL PREVENT THE COMMISSION OF FURTHER CRIME.
WILL
EN REGARD "SECONDLY MANUAL FINGERPRINT SYSTEMS HAVE LIMITIONS
ACCURACY. AND
CAPIS 1TS
PROVIDE A TO THE SCOPE OF A SEARCHI SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN ACCURACY THROUGH AN UNLIMITED SEARCH RANGE.
THE FORCI PRESENTLY HOLDS ABOUT 600.000 FINGERPRINT RECORDS ON CONVERSION OF CONVICTED PERSONS, PHASE ONE OF PAPIS WELL INVOLVE THE ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THESE RECORDS TO THE OPERATIONAL DATA BASE.
TWO OF THE PROJECT THE COMPUTERISED TRACES FINGERPRINT FINGERPRINT RECORDS IELD
"IN LATE 1992 AT THÊ COMPLETION OF PHASE ALL FINGERPRINT RECORDS WILL HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO
THEREDY
OF SEARCH ENABLING THE
ALL SYSTEM RECOVERED FROM SCENES OF CRIME AGAINST ALL BY THE FORCE.
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/GAFIS PROJECT
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