Now that they're in smartphones, fingerprint scanners seem to be everywhere, but what's really going on behind the scenes when they're scanned?

Watchdogs have criticised Police Scotland for using traditional ink and paper for taking fingerprints at some of its stations due to a lack of electronic scanners. The technique, which in UK policing ...

Former police officer Jerie Betschart spent more than a decade fingerprinting for the Kalispell Police Department, and after retiring at the end of 2023, she saw a need in the community to provide ...

Fingerprinting is no longer a dirty job in Niagara Falls. With the activation of the department's computerized Idenix Touch Print machine this month, city identification officers are able to take a ...