{"id":391620,"date":"2010-03-04T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/?p=35894"},"modified":"2010-03-04T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T17:45:00","slug":"police-to-be-equipped-with-mobile-fingerprint-scanners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/391620","title":{"rendered":"Police to be equipped with mobile fingerprint scanners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Greenwood,
\nPress Association<\/a>
\nMarch 4, 2010<\/p>\n

Every police force in England and Wales will be equipped with mobile fingerprint scanners to check the identity of suspects in the street.<\/p>\n

Up to 3,000 devices, the size of a mobile phone, will enable officers on patrol to cross-reference prints with national records.<\/p>\n

Senior officers claimed the scheme would speed up criminal inquiries, bring more people to justice and save thousands of hours of police time.<\/p>\n

But fears have arisen the technology could contribute to the so-called \u201csurveillance state\u201d and encourage random searches.<\/p>\n

Police said scanned fingerprints would only be stored for a short time while they were checked and would not be added to any databases.<\/p>\n

Full article here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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