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Challenges of implementing civil processes in a police AFIS

Federal criminal police office GermanyTimo Ruhland

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Content

A) Aim of this presentation B) Conditions and sourrounding in GermanyC) Requirements of police and civil processesD) Challenges

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Aim of this presentation• Show the situation in Germany• Contrast the requirements of police and civil

proceedings• Highlight a selection of challenges

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Content

A) Aim of this presentation B) Conditions and sourrounding in GermanyC) Requirements of police and civil processesD) Challenges

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Situation in Germany I

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Situation in Germany IIWho is sending fingerprints?• 16 federal states• Federal police• Non police agencies sending

– Asylumseekers– VISA applicants

BKA

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Situation in Germany IIIWhat is captured?• Police (rolled and slapped fingerprints; full palms,

writers palms; finger tips)

• Non police agencies– Asylumseekers (rolled and slapped fingerprints)– VISA applicants (slapped fingerprints)

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Content

A) Aim of this presentation B) Conditions and sourrounding in GermanyC) Requirements of police and civil processesD) Challenges

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RequirementsPolice Civil

Identification, Verification, Crime solving Identification, Verification

Complete acquisition Simple acquisition

Fast response Very fast response

„Low“ throughput Very high throughput

Very accurate Very accurate

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Content

A) Aim of this presentation B) Conditions and sourrounding in GermanyC) Requirements of police and civil processesD) Challenges

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Challenges ... based on

Throughput

Accuracy(FRR/FAR)Robustness

Image-Quality

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Challenges ... based on

Quality- Fingerprint image quality

- Completeness (e.g. finger tips only in unattended capturing processes)

- Smearing; sweating

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Challenges ... based on

Robustness

- Finger fakes

- Swapping hands

- Manipulations

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Challenges ... based on

Throughput

Accuracy

?

(FRR/FAR)

- A very high throughput on a lights out system needs a precise tuning on FAR an FRR

- What is the consequence of an error?

- Human factor has to be regarded („Specialist tool“ vs. „just another device“

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