Fingerprints were studied off and on since the year 1200 when they appeared in a Chinese novel. In 1788, JC Mayer confirmed that fingerprints were unique to individuals and between 1880-1886, Henry ...

LONDON -- In 1901, London police began to dip suspects' fingers in ink and make copies of the prints. Those inkblots made an impression around the world. A century later, DNA analysis may be more ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If you leave an identifiable fingerprint at a crime scene along Colorado’s Front Range, it probably won’t be long before 32 different police agencies know ...

The wider use of fingerprint scanning technology in recent years has made it easier than ever for law enforcement officials to share information about criminals and quickly compare a suspect’s ...

Overlapping and weak fingerprints pose challenges in criminal cases. A new study offers a solution and brings hope for using chemical residues in fingerprints for personal profiling. A groundbreaking ...

The wider use of fingerprint scanning technology in recent years has made it easier than ever for law enforcement officials to share information about criminals and quickly compare a suspect’s ...

Michael Ransom, a fingerprint specialist for Michigan State Police, created the Vulnerable or Impaired Person Program after his son was mistakenly sent home on a school bus eight years ago. "My son is ...

Snagging a perpetrator just became a lot faster in Canyon and the surrounding area. At their July 1 meeting, the Canyon City Commission passed an interlocal agreement with the City of Amarillo to ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana State Police have now completed their analysis of previously untested fingerprints left at multiple crime scenes in the decades-old case of River Parishes Serial ...

Ben Khalesi writes about where artificial intelligence, consumer tech, and everyday technology intersect for Android Police. With a background in AI and Data Science, he’s great at turning geek speak ...

As the horror of last fall’s sniper shootings continues to haunt citizens across New England and the East Coast, the tragic killings have brought new attention to a state legislative bill that experts ...