CMC's FACTS implemented by Haryana Police

NEW DELHI: Haryana Police have implemented Fingerprint Identification and

Tracing System (FACTS), a state-of-art criminal fingerprint analysis system

which is expected to complement the crime fighting skills of the State Police

departments. FACTS has been indigenously developed by CMC Ltd, an Indian IT

company.

FACTS is aimed at accurate criminal identification through Unified Matching

Algorithm (UMA), which offers high level of accuracy and speed in matching

scene-of-crime fingerprints. These algorithms are based on the fundamental

techniques of image processing, pattern recognition and computational geometry.

It conforms to the NIST standards for AFIS interconnectivity, besides supporting

WSQ image compression standards laid down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation

(FBI), USA.

FACTS supports both personal identification search (ten digit slip) as well

as scene-of-crime print detection, based on the chance prints left behind by the

criminal at the scene-of-crime. After scanning the fingerprint slip, the system

detects unique features called minutiae, skeleton etc. and then maintains the

slip in a digital format as part of its database. When a newly lifted

fingerprint is submitted for a search on the system, it reveals result in the

form of a 'Yes/No' to an already existing slip in the record.

Apart from Haryana Police CMC has implemented the system at Delhi, Tamil Nadu,

Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir, Mumbai and Goa Police and National

Crime Records Bureau at Delhi, as well as Mauritius Police have this system at

present.