THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1988
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$35M APPROVED FOR COMPUTERISED FINGERPRINT SYSTEM
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED FUNDS OF $35 MILLION FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF A COMPUTERISED FINGERPRINT SYSTEM IN THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.
THE POLICE HOLD FINGERPRINT RECORDS OF SOME 600,000 CONVICTED PERSONS AND THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS PROJECT WILL INVOLVE THE CONVERSION OF 180,000 FINGERPRINT RECORDS TO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM.
THAT PHASE I WILL BE OPERATIONAL MID-1990 AND, WITH APPROVAL AND FURTHER FUNDING, ALL RECORDS COMPUTERISED BY MID-1992.
IT IS
ANTICIPATED
BY
WILL BR
DEVELOPMENT IN THIS FORENSIC FIELD HAS BEEN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE IN CRIMB INVESTIGATION AND DETECTION IN THE PAST DECADE.
TODAY, OVER 70 MAJOR POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPUTER ASSISTED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS.
AGENCIES HAVE
THE ADVANTAGES OF SUCH A SYSTEM ARE THE SPEED AT WHICH FINGERPRINT SEARCHES CAN BE COMPLETED, THE ACCURACY OF THESE SEARCHES AND THE CAPABILITY OF THE SYSTEM ΤΟ SEARCH AND IDENTIFY PRINTS RECOVERED FROM CRIME SCENES THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED UNSUITABLE FOR SEARCH MANUALLY.
A PARTIAL FINGERPRINT FOUND AT THE SCENE OF A MURDER CAN TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS TO SEARCH BY THE EXISTING MANUAL PROCEDURES AND THE SEARCH WILL BR LIMITED ΤΟ SELECTED RECORDS. THE COMPUTER AIDED SYSTEM WILL COMPLETE THIS SEARCH IN A MATTER OF HOURS AND COVER ALL RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM DATA BASE.
THE SISTEM WILL LEAD ΤΟ THE SPEEDY IDENTIFICATION OF AN OFFENDER AND AN EARLY ARREST, THEREBY PREVENTING THE COMMISSION OF
FURTHER CRIME.
ADDITIONAL
ACCOMMODATION.
THE HONG
BENEFITS WILL INCLUDE SAVINGS IN MANPOWER AND
KONG COMPUTER ASSISTED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (CAFIS) HAS YET TO BE SELECTED. FOLLOWING TENDERING PROCEDURES, SELECTION OF A SUITABLE SYSTEM SHOULD BR COMPLETED IN THREE MONTHS.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT VENDORS WILL INCLUDE MANUFACTURERS FROM JAPAN, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES. THERE ARE NO LOCAL MANUFACTURERS.
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