With this information, examiners can link a firearm to one or more criminal acts. This imaging system is designed to increase the effectiveness of forensic firearms examinations. This system is the most significant advancement in the discipline of forensic firearms identification since the development of the ballistics comparison microscope over 70 years ago.
Crime laboratories can solve cases across local, regional, national and international boundaries.
It also stores images from all agencies for future comparisons. This involved a 9mm semi-automatic pistol submitted by the Bay County Sheriff's Office. The weapon was confiscated from an individual who was charged with weapons violation, resisting an officer with violence and aggravated battery of a police officer. A fired casing from the pistol matched an evidence casing recovered from a 1997 Bay County attempted murder. A victim was shot in the face while sitting in his vehicle.