West Point Leadership ProgramFinal Exam
Team Ever VigilantClass 3-2002
The New Automated Fingerprint The New Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)Identification System (AFIS)
• Jerry Pena• Asst. Identification
Section Manager• Austin Police
Department
Areas of Interest
• The Austin Police Department currently relies on the State AFIS system to conduct searches of latent fingerprints.
• The State AFIS only searches the fingerprints of subjects arrested for class “B” misdemeanors and above.
Areas of Interest (cont)
• AFIS does not have the ability to search palm prints, which make up approximately 30-40% of all latent prints received.
• Approximately 90% of all latent prints identified in AFIS are from local arrests.
Areas of Interest (cont)
• 80% of the Department’s arrest are for class “C” misdemeanor offenses.
• These offenses are not reported to the state therefore their prints are not entered into the states fingerprint data base.
• As a result manual searches are relied upon to complete these comparisons.
Areas of Interest(cont)
• Manual searches are very time consuming to the Examiner.
• In order for a manual search to be conducted a suspect must first be developed.
• A comparison request must be submitted with the suspects information.
Areas of Interest (cont)
• The New AFIS will interface with the existing live-scan system located at the Travis County Justice facility.
• Finger and palm prints of all arrested subjects will automatically merge with the AFIS database.
• Juvenile and employee fingerprints will be directly entered into the AFIS database
Analysis
• Equity• Expectancy Theory• Motivation through Job Redesign Theory • Socialization Theory• Overcoming Resistance Theory
Leadership Action Plan
• Meet with Detective Details to get their buy in.
• Meet with City Purchasing to finalize the purchasing of the system.
• Identify space issues within the ID Section for the new system.
Leadership Action Plan (cont)
• Set up a committee of individuals from the effected units to look at the scope of the project to ensure that it meets the needs of customers.
Leadership Action Plan (cont)
• Set up LPU Procedures • Set up feedback to the Investigative units on
identifications made by the system.
Evaluation
• Monitor monthly reports to ensure that the process is being used effectively and that identifications are being made as a result of this system.
The End!