Palm Prints

Part of the current upgrade on the state’s Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) is the capability to process, store and search palm prints.  Wisconsin became the second state in the nation that is currently processing palm prints.

The capability to process palm prints has added another tool in solving crimes. Roughly 30% of all latent prints lifted at a crime scene are from palm prints. While there is roughly 100 palm prints on file at this time at the Crime Information Bureau, it is a new beginning for Wisconsin as it continues to move forward in fingerprint technology.

Any agency contemplating obtaining or updating electronic fingerprint equipment should consider obtaining a device that is capable of capturing palm prints in addition to fingerprints.