UK: Roadside Fingerprint Reading

November 22nd, 2006

Via The Guardian:

Police trials of a hand-held electronic fingerprint reader are being launched.

Experts hope the device will save massive amounts of police time and money by allowing officers to identify suspects on the roadside without having to take them to the station.

A pilot scheme – called Project Lantern – will be used in Luton, Bedfordshire, by officers targeting motoring offences.

The gadget allows officers to search 6.5 million fingerprints archived on the National Automated Fingerprint System, with the trial aiming to give them a result within five minutes.

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2 Responses to “UK: Roadside Fingerprint Reading”

  1. West says:
    November 22, 2006 at 2:58 pm

    http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/473863p-398628c.html

    what the heck are the Bush daughters doing in Argentina at thanksgiving?

    How did a “thief” get past the Secret Service, to steal a purse?

    ….hmmm.

  2. west says:
    November 22, 2006 at 3:31 pm

    New BBC report on RKF assasination, ID’s 3 CIA officers on the scene.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/6169006.stm

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