Crime scene fingerprint technology to be rolled out from March

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Crime scene fingerprint technology to be rolled out from March

The development of the capability is due to be finished this month with full deployment beginning in early March.

Date - 2nd December 2022
By - Cachella Smith

From March, the East Midlands Special Operations Unit will have access to a new digital fingerprint capability. It will enable officers to send fingerprint and crime scene images in real-time to the Fingerprint Bureau for rapid...

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