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INTRODUCTION
The Central Finger Print
Bureau, better known by the acronym CFPB among the law enforcement
agencies of the country, came into existence in the year 1955. It
fulfilled a long cherished requirement of law enforcement agencies
throughout the country as a nodal agency to effectively deal in
Inter-State nature of Criminal enquiries by tracing/locating Inter-State
criminals, and, Standardization, Modernization and Coordination of
Fingerprint Bureaux. A need was felt to computerise finger print records
at State and National headquarters for effective maintenance of records
and coordinating Crime of inter-state and inter-national criminals.
WHAT IS FACTS
FACTS is an advanced Automated Fingerprint Identification System. It uses
image processing and pattern recognition technique to capture, encode,
store and match finger prints including comparison of Chance Prints.
OBJECTIVES
OF FACTS
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To maintain and computerize finger print
record slips of specified categories of Indian and foreign criminals
convicted of offences falling under the schedule of crimes of CFPB
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To conduct search of references relating
to unidentified interstate suspected persons received from police
stations and other investigating agencies in India and to search
chance prints developed at the scene of crime.
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To maintain and computerize the
fingerprint records of International criminals and to conduct search
of references sent by Interpol Division of CBI, New Delhi
FACILITIES PROVIDED BY FACTS
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Database creation
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Identification oriented query
a. Ten print to ten print searches
b. Chance print to ten print searches
c. Ten print to Chance print search
d. Chance print to Chance print search
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Remote Query Processing
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Creation of Criminal Attribute Database
FACTS - DATA FLOW
TOTAL RECORDS
CFPB
has a database of 7,38,003 Finger Print slips as on 31/07/2010.
ROAD MAP
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Upgrading software for improvised working
and increasing storage capacity to store 30-35 lakhs of Finger / Palm
Print records.
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Maintaining a photo gallery of criminals
for identification
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Establishing nationwide connectivity of
Finger Print Bureaux for On-line processing of queries and records
from Police station, District and State level.
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Database sharing among•
Police/Judiciary/Prisons/ Administrative agencies etc by linking
Fingerprint database with that of CCTNS for efficient tracking of
crime and criminals.
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