Warrington Township Police To Use ID Fingerprint Scanners
BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. (CBS) -- A Bucks County police department is preparing to roll out a new tool to help them to positively identify people who come into contact with an officer.
Warrington Township Police Lieutenant Robert Meditz says the new mobile ID fingerprint scanner arrived a few weeks ago.
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He says department personnel are completing their training and the device will soon be deployed for use by officers.
Meditz says the device takes a fingerprint scan of someone's thumb or index finger and uses the cell phone network to connect with systems that can help identify that person.
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"It will go out through the Pa. Chiefs network and hit the AFIS system through the Pennsylvania State Police, the Automated Fingerprint Identification System and look for any fingerprints that may match or may be on file in arrest records," said Meditz.
Meditz says a state grant paid for the real-time identification scanner.
