Fingerprinting is one of the mainstays of forensic science, but despite what we see on TV and in movies, analyzing and matching latent prints is a difficult business and still the province of experts.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga and other counties across Ohio will receive new fingerprint devices that will enhance the state’s criminal record-keeping process. The new machines, called LiveScan devices, ...

Flagler County Sheriff’s Office CSI Supervisor Paulo Santos called it a “game-changer” – a new fingerprint machine that can pick up prints in a fraction of the time and record a 4K image to send ...

Fingerprint authentication systems are a widely trusted, ubiquitous form of biometric authentication, deployed on billions of smartphones and other devices worldwide. Yet a new study reveals a ...

Sep. 21—Utilizing one of the fingerprint scanning devices at the Pittsburg County Justice Center can sometimes be challenging. Ozzlyn Lightle at the Sheriff's Office handles the fingerprint scanning ...

The old fingerprint scanner was broken, which would have cost the police department more than $20,000 to refurbish. The new fingerprint machine, which was purchased with drug seizure money, cost ...

Bacterial identification can take hours and often longer -- precious time when diagnosing infections and selecting appropriate treatments. There may be a quicker, more accurate process. By teaching a ...

Police in the UK have been using fingerprints in their work for about 125 years [Getty Images] Watchdogs have criticised Police Scotland for using traditional ink and paper for taking fingerprints at ...

The NYPD’s high-tech fingerprint database was temporarily brought down by a bumbling contractor with a virus-infected mini computer, The Post has learned. A contractor was setting up a digital display ...

MTA Inspector General Carolyn Pokorny holds the wire that was cut from a biometric security scanner that is being installed throughout the MTA. Dennis A. Clark A suspected saboteur cut a cable on a ...