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!