Like every snowflake ever made, every fingerprint etched onto a person’s skin is one-of-a-kind. Since the late 1800s, fingerprints have been used by authorities to identify individuals who may have ...

SPRINGDALE — Fingerprinting ink is disappearing from police stations. The Springdale Police Department has switched to a digital fingerprinting machine that scans fingers without inking them. The new ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The next time you get fingerprinted, you won't have to wash all that ink off your fingers. As of April 1, 2012, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is no longer accepting ...

Fingerprints can reveal critical evidence, as well as an identity, with the use of a new technology that detects trace amounts of explosives, drugs or other materials left behind in the prints. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:Getty Images/Brand X (Getty Images/Brand X) Police Scotland has been urged to modernise its fingerprint taking practices ...

TUPELO – A new computerized ink-free fingerprinting machine will save money, time and hand soap. The Lee County Sheriff’s Department has purchased its second computerized Automated Fingerprinting ...