Michael Westdal: As we know the first 48 hours in investigation is vital
in apprehending suspects in the crimes we investigate.
Just like peeling away the layers of an onion, we start collecting evidence.
We determine the items at the crime scene
that were likely held by the suspect.
Then determine the type of surface that is involved and what would be
appropriate method to process.
Then they can be either photographed or lifted,
placed on a fingerprint card and then
eventually turned into the fingerprint section.
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Patricia Wolfhope: The mobile device that we're using here in Stockton,
California, has the capability of imaging latent prints in the field.
And what I've found is that with the mobile device we can deal with
those prints immediately on site and have results almost near realtime.
Robert Christensen: The local law enforcement, they had a very urgent need
of able to record latents, or fingerprints left behind at a crime scene.
Eric Jones: Criminals are always changing the way they do business,
we have to keep up with the times.
We have to be able to react quicker than we have in the past.
The ability for the mobile biometric device to be able to give us
results and gives us leads, leads we can act upon in the field much quicker
than ever before, has been just, critically important to Stockton
Police Department. Its a tool that helps us police smarter and its a tool that
helps us, really protect the community in ways that we have not been able to
do before in the past.
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