1992-1993 Report

Numerous committee and subcommittee repor

nificant information impacting the Association as 

sic di sciplines were presented at the 78th Ann

Training Seminar in Orlando, Florida. Some w

business meeting while others, in lieu of formal r

ted for publication. 

The 1993 Conference Speakers and Papers Co

presented in the last issue. Additional repmts are 

and the remaining communications will be publi

space pem1itting, as they become available. 

AFIS Subcommittee R

Douglas D. Woodlee, Chair 

Two goals of the AFIS Subcommittee since the 

ence were to raise the awareness of law enforceme

istrators, regarding AFIS, and to work toward som

program for AFIS ten-print operators. In partia

goals, the Subcommittee published "An AFIS S

January/February 1993 issue of the Journal of Fo

and moderated an AFIS Workshop at the Orlando 

shop for Ten-Print Entry and Search Technique

following systems and sites were represented: Pier

ton (Tacoma), a MORPHO site, was represente

Georgia Bureau of investigation, a NEC site, was 

Smith; and, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Depar

represented by William Schade. All three presen

ceived, and several questions were received by the 

for a panel discussion. Next year, the AFIS Subc

hold a Latent Print Workshop. 

J. Forensic ldent. 

640 I 43 (6), 1993 
rt 

U.S.A. Reaction to the report has been 

were received from vendors, potential v

users. Several attempts were made to con

Germany, India, 

Korea, South Africa, S

Successful contact was 

made with Derm

CMC Limited in New Delhi, India; and U

South Korea. Very little information 

ha

companies. 

The report mentioned that an AF

IS Use

the Subcommittee. Several requests hav

The list has been completed, following 

ma

several letters, and fax messages among th

AFIS vendors and a large number of the 

us

were very cooperative, but it was found th

tion available on their 

customer sites. T

contact approximately 50% of the user 

overseas sites could not be con

tacted due 

barriers, but the vendors were 

pressed hard 

mation. Many of the 

newer sites still hav

since they are under contract, a 

contact nam

dress/phone and fax number was req

ueste

much more accurate than the information 

vendors, which in many ca

ses was found to 

The User's 

List is (as of July 1993) in t

Ashley bro

ught a draft copy to the Board 

Subcommittee for review for errors prior to 

purchase. The list, if printed on both si

entries per page, will be approxim

ately 25 

pages of ge

neral information on the data, 

index). There will be approximately 525 s

the world which are operating an AFIS alr

of AFIS equipment under contract to be 

future. 

It is believed this list will provide invalu

trators seeking to purchase an AFIS (for 
Current AFIS users and non-AFIS us

names in order to be able to send un

ten-print cards for search through A

could go a long way towards meetin

AFIS within the law enforcement com

Another goal was to follow up on a 

and collate the AFIS Operational Sta

begun during Mike Fitzpatrick's term 

tee, and was approved by the Board o

forms were due at the end of 1992 w

agencies returned the form. David 

sponses since they were originally to b

Subcommittee. David and his staff co

compiled reports from the 18 response

the AFJS Subcommittee at its Monday 

ence. The Subcommittee asked Davi

put into a more condensed form for rev

this report is reviewed, the Subcommit

to print the report. However, with suc

this project may be dropped as unprod

The Subcommittee collaborated o

identification to see how juvenile fing

states and what role the AFIS plays i

Several states had to be contacted tw

sponses were received. This report 

additional work. Several state bureau

pending changes in juvenile fingerprin

delayed response. Hopefully, some 

derived from this survey and printed in 

The report will show which states a

(and for which crime types-felonies, 

the prints are retained in AFJS, what 

against the juvenjle prints, and other in

The survey is based upon the new F

to retain fingerprints of persons being 

opposed to their old policy of rejection 

not notated "TREAT AS ADULT". 

J. Forensic !dent. 

642 / 43 (6), 1993 
fingerprinted 

oom). whether 

are performed 

allows the FBI 

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· e card was 

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meetings in artides published or to be publi

ing TAl Members apprised of the results of 

Shane also appointed Leonard Butt as the 

Latent Examiner Working Group. Work is 

individuals and it is expected that additiona

the JFI. 

The AFIS Subcommittee briefly reviewe

the FBI's standardized criminal fingerprin

Subcommittee Chair has been invited by t

member of the NCTC Advisory Policy Bo

Card Redesign Group. The AFIS Subcomm

tunity to participate in such a projecl havin

IAI members and their agencies. 

The AFIS Subcommittee recommended 

that the Subcommittee be made a permanen

Board of Directors agreed, and the AFIS S

the Resolutions Committee to draft a Resolu

Annual Business Meeting. The Resolution p

Summary of AFIS Subco

Vugraphs on Image Quality a

I. At the 199 1 educational conference in 

a position paper developed by the AFIS Su

considered thal fingerprint images of a qual

best attainable, using state-of-the-art caplu

pixels per inch with 256 shades of gray, wou

tion and use for all forensic identification ap

metrics, this corresponds to a resolution o

modulation of at least 0.2, since these values 

state-of-the-art capture methods.*