Manually
matching a fingerprint to catch a criminal
can take several days. But, using CMC's
FACTS system, it can be done in just a
few seconds
The
product
FACTS: Fingerprint
Analysis and Criminal Tracking System
An
advanced automatic fingerprint identification
system
The
client
Andhra Pradesh
Police
The
law enforcement agency of one of India's
large states
The
Andhra Pradesh State Police has a FACTS
central system in the capital city, Hyderabad,
and one FACTSfinder in each of its 28
district headquarters. Each district system
has a database of 50,000 rolled prints
and is connected to the FACTS central
system on a wide area network (WAN). This
enables a search on the local database
at the district level and, in case the
fingerprint does not find a match, the
search is forwarded to the FACTS central
system.
Details
A turnkey solution:
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Supply
and installation of hardware and system
software at the central site, Hyderabad |
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Supply
and installation of the FACTS software
at the central site, Hyderabad |
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Supply
and installation of hardware and software
for 28 FACTSfinder workstations at
remote sites |
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Training
of operators and system administrator |
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Post-installation
annual technical support |
Technical
architecture
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A
FACTS server, communications server
and CADB server to perform matching,
handle communications between the
central system and FACTSfinder systems,
and to store the criminal attribute
database |
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FACTS
workstations with scanners to input
fingerprint slips and verify results |
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CADB
workstations to input criminal attribute
data |
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An
external storage box to store the
fingerprint database |
Benefits
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More
than 400 cases solved |
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Faster
turnaround time for criminal identification |
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Faster
crime investigation |
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Higher
hit rates |
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Many
old cases solved |
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Better
records management |
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Better
utilisation of fingerprint experts |
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Better
image and morale |
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State-of-the-art
technology at low cost |
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