Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System
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The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) is a computerized system maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 1999. It is a national automated fingerprint identification and criminal history system. IAFIS provides automated fingerprint search capabilities, latent searching capability, electronic image storage, and electronic exchange of fingerprints and responses. IAFIS houses the fingerprints and criminal histories of 70 million subjects in the criminal master file, 31 million civil prints and fingerprints from 73,000 known and suspected terrorists processed by the U.S. or by international law enforcement agencies.[1]
Employment background checks cause citizens to be permanently recorded in the system.[dubious ] For instance, the State of Washington mandates that all applicants seeking employment in an inpatient setting that houses vulnerable minors (such as children who are mentally challenged, physically or emotionally ill) are fingerprinted and entered into IAFIS as part of their background check in order to determine if the applicant has any record of criminal behavior.[2]
Fingerprints are voluntarily submitted to the FBI by local,
Law enforcement agencies can then request a search in IAFIS to identify crime scene (latent) fingerprints obtained during criminal investigations. Civil searches are also performed, but the FBI charges a fee and the response time is slower.
A more advanced Next Generation Identification system became operational in 2011.[3][4]
Technology
The device used for scanning live fingerprints into AFIS is called
To match a print, a fingerprint technician scans in the print in question, and computer algorithms are utilized to mark all
Speed
The average response time for an electronic criminal fingerprint submission is about 27 minutes, while electronic civil submissions are processed within an hour and 12 minutes. IAFIS processed more than 61 million ten-print submissions during fiscal year 2010.[1]
See also
- Combined DNA Index System—U.S. DNA system
- Eurodac—the European fingerprint database for identifying asylum seekers and irregular border-crossers
- National Automated Fingerprint Identification System—Australian system
References
- ^ a b "Fbi — Iafis". Fbi.gov. 1999-07-28. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
- ^ Background info Archived February 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dizard III, Wilson P. "FBI plans major database upgrade" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Government Computer News, 28 August 2006. Retrieved on 2 February 2007.
- ^ "FBI — Next Generation Identification". Fbi.gov. Retrieved 2013-04-19.