Cops seek fingerprints of man
KUALA LUMPUR: Police here will seek Inter pol’s help to obtain the fingerprints of a man detained in India who is suspected to be Malaysian fugitive Michael Soosai who faked his own death here before fleeing to India.
Murders, assaults, drug and weapon cases make up lawmen's top unsolved files
Fingerprints and DNA can be vital to investigators tracking unknown criminals. As helpful as they are, however, it can pale in comparison to the wealth of information authorities receive from public tips.
Police: Erie burglars wore socks on hands to hide fingerprints
The burglars who entered an Erie home Tuesday afternoon took care to not get caught: At least two wore socks on their hands, hoping to not leave fingerprints, police said.
Police: Erie burglars wore socks on hands, hoping to hide fingerprints
A group of men caught burglarizing an Erie home Tuesday afternoon took care to not get caught: At least two wore socks on their hands, hoping to not leave fingerprints, police said.
Cameron PD fingerprints youngsters
An estimated 100 youngsters were identified fingerprinted during the Cameron Police Department’s Identikid fingerprinting program. The Cameron Herald Print/Online Subscribers Only!
Worries about US data on Iraqis
WASHINGTON — Over the past seven years, US soldiers in Iraq have used sweeping wartime powers to collect fingerprints, iris scans, and even DNA from ordinary people and suspected insurgents, an effort that has helped the Pentagon amass one of the world’s most comprehensive databases of biometric information collected during a war. Iraq - United States Army - Iraq War - Pentagon - Middle East
Police ID body found in Woodbine lot as Madison woman
A partially decomposed body found Wednesday night in an overgrown Woodbine lot has been identified through fingerprints as a 27-year-old woman last known to have lived in Madison.
Background checks generating business
Fingerprints have been used in police work since the late 19th century to identify both criminals and crime victims. Fingerprints still have advantages over other means of identification. Identical twins, for instance, who share DNA do not have the same fingerprints.
Gym chain trades plastic for fingerprinting to trim costs
LOS ANGELES TIMES LOS ANGELES - With gym memberships down across the fitness industry, the giant 24 Hour Fitness chain is taking a new cost-cutting approach to identifying its gym members - fingerprints. The 428-gym chain, which issued more than 1 million plastic membership cards and key ring IDs last year, is converting to a system that identifies members by scanning the individual ridges on ...
Feds Consider Opt-Out Of Fingerprint Program
Immigration officials said they will consider San Francisco's request to pull out of a program that automatically sends them the fingerprints of arrested foreigners.