The Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) is a biometric identification (ID) methodology that uses digital imaging technology to obtain, store, and analyze fingerprint data. The AFIS was originally used by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in criminal cases. Lately, it has gained favor for general identification and fraud prevention.
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Fingerprinting, as a form of personal identification, is a refined methodology that is proven in practice and accepted in courts of law. AFIS itself has been around for more than 25 years. But this is for the first time in Pakistan that VisualSoft (Pvt.) Ltd. has developed an AFIS to empower law enforcement agencies. VS has deployed the Automated Finger Prints Identification System at the DIG Office, Region III, Rawalpindi successfully. The main attribute is as follows:-
AVI Features / Specifications
- To verify & identify fingerprints of criminals, who are in the record books of Thanas / Jails (History Sheeters) to narrow down a list of suspects by collecting fingerprint impressions from the crime site.
- To verify & identify fingerprints of criminals, who might have committed the crime a-fresh, by matching fingerprints, collected from crime sites with those stored up by other Govt. organizations.
- To facilitate Police to locate, identify arrest & put on trial real-time criminals instead of arresting innocent citizens on mere suspicion basis.
- To expedite criminal proceedings by quickly arresting the criminals & bringing them to courts for trials & subsequent punishments.
- To create psychological deterrence amongst the society for not committing a crime or else they would be caught within no time.
- To help in the establishment of a peaceful & crime-free society.
AVI Features / Specifications
- Fingerprints collected from the crime site anywhere in the district would be brought to the Computer Cell of the DPO’s Office & the prints fed into the System. Specialized VS FPV&IC System Software will match the prints from the stored data & if the match is located by the system, it will display all information regarding the criminal.
- The VS FPV&IC System has the capability of matching a fingerprint impression with 35000 impressions within seconds.
- Once the match has been found, the system can also display visuals of the culprit stored in the database.
- Since each of the provinces has its own police set-ups, VS FPV&IC System’s Software located in one province can be linked up with that of the other to search in the systems of other provinces as well.
- VS FPV&IC Systems at DPO’s level will be linked up with high-potency data-feeding & searching-systems at DIG’s level and finally with still more potent systems at IG’s Level.
- The VS FPV&IC System installed at the DPO’s level will store data on the criminals living in the district. Since multiple smaller districts come under one DIG, so VS FPV&IC system will store data as per the DIG’s jurisdiction & similarly VS FPV&IC system will store data at the provincial level at IG’s Computer Cell.
- The feeding of database/searching can be carried out on ON-LINE bases vertically & horizontally i.e. from DPO’s level to IG’s level vertically in a province & horizontally i.e. district to district level / DIG to DIG level in a province or IG to IG level on inter-province basis all over Pakistan.
