AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AFIS)

PRESENTER: ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER PJL DU TOIT

HEAD: SA POLICE SERVICE CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE (SAPS CRC)

SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

“JUSTICE THROUGH IDENTITY”

CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE (SAPS CRC)

STRUCTURES: SAPS CRC & LCRC

NATIONAL

PROVINCIAL

SAPS CRC

CRC COMPONENT LCRC COMPONENT

LCRC OFFICES

DETECTIVE SERVICE

PRIMARY FUNCTIONCRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE

COMPONENT (CRC)

THE IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION OF PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS OF CRIMINALS/ OFFENDERS/ PERSONS BY MEANS OF FINGERPRINTS

CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE COMPONENT (CRC)

LOCATED IN PRETORIA ESTABLISHED: 1st APRIL 1925 STAFF COMPLEMENT

400 PERSONNEL NATIONAL TEN FINGERPRINT COLLECTION : 5.1 MILLION

PRIMARY FUNCTION LOCAL CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE COMPONENT (LCRC)

SPECIALISED INVESTIGATION OF CRIME SCENES AND THE SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION OF EXHIBITS AT THE SCENE OF CRIME

LOCAL CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE COMPONENT (LCRC)

LCRC DIRECTORATE AT NATIONAL LEVEL REPRESENTED IN ALL 9 PROVINCES 90 DECENTRALISED OFFICESUNSOLVED SCENE-OF-CRIME FINGERPRINT COLLECTION: 1 MILLION STAFF COMPLEMENT

2100 PERSONNEL

PROVINCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF LCRC’s

DISADVANTAGES OF THE MANUAL SYSTEM

DEFICIENCIES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE MANUAL SYSTEM:

MANUAL SEARCHES BECAME A BLOCKAGE IN THE INTEGRATED CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM (ICJS)

MANUAL SYSTEM WAS INEFFICIENT & INEFFECTIVE AWAITING TRIAL PRISONERS, BAIL APPLICATIONS, 'WANTED" PERSONS ETC.

UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF ACCURACY HARDENED CRIMINALS RELEASED INTO SOCIETY DUE TO MISIDENTIFICATIONS

UNACCEPTABLE RESPONSE TIMES APPROXIMATELY 55 DAYS TO PRODUCE A PREVIOUS CONVICTION REPORT

LONG TRAINING PERIOD RECRUITS ONLY PRODUCTIVE AFTER 2 YEARS OF TRAINING

WHY AN AFIS FOR SAPS?

THE SAPS CRC HAS BEEN MANAGING A MANUAL FINGERPRINT SYSTEM OF ALL KNOWN CONVICTED CRIMINALS SINCE 1925

THE SAPS LCRC’S HAVE BEEN MANAGING LOCALISED COLLECTIONS OF SCENE OF CRIME FINGERPRINTS SINCE 1900

THE EVER INCREASING FINGERPRINT COLLECTION OF CRIMINAL FINGERPRINTS HAS LEAD TO VARIOUS DEFICIENCIES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE MANUAL SYSTEM THESE DEFICIENCIES AND DISADVANTAGES FORCED SAPS TO INVESTIGATE THE AUTOMATION IN THE MANUAL SYSTEM

THIS HAS LEAD TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF AN AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AFIS) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION

SOLUTION TO CRISES FACED BY SAPS

THE ICJS BOARD HAS RECOGNISED THE PROCUREMENT OF AN AFIS AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITIES TO ADDRESS THE BLOCKAGES IN THE ICJS

CABINET APPROVED THE ACQUISITION OF AN AFIS DURING 1996

HOWEVER, NO BUDGET WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF AN AFIS

IN JANUARY 1999 THE SAPS RECEIVED AN OFFER FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE AN AFIS AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE

ON 28 SEPTEMBER 2000 AN AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BETWEEN THE SAPS, IDC AND SAGEM (THE FRENCH SUPPLIER)

(BACKGROUND)

IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMISSIONING OF AFIS

THE AFIS WAS IMPLEMENTED IN PHASES, FROM NOVEMBER 2000 TO AUGUST 2002:

PHASE 1:NATIONAL TEN FINGERPRINT CARDPREPARATION, REPAIRS, BAR-CODING AND

ALPHANUMERIC DATA CAPTURING 4.5 MILLION SETS OF FINGERPRINTS

PHASE 2:SOFTWARE CUSTOMISATION AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION

CUSTOMISATION OF THE SUPPLIERS SOFTWARE ACCORDING TO THE SAPS’S REQUIREMENTS INTEGRATION OF THE AFIS AND CRIMINAL RECORD IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (CRIM)

IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMISSIONING OF AFIS

PHASE 3: CONVERSION OF TEN FINGERPRINT CARD IMAGES TO AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT CONVERSION OF 4.5 MILLON SETS OF FINGERPRINTS OR 45 MILLION FINGERPRINT IMAGES TO AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT

PHASE 4: AFIS DATABASE DATA LOAD THE LOADING OF THE 45 MILLION FINGERPRINT IMAGES ONTO THE AFIS DATABASE

PHASE 5: IMPLEMENTATION OF CENTRAL SITE IN PRETORIA INSTALLATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CENTRAL SYSTEM’S HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND DATABASE IN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT (FEBRUARY 2002)

PHASE 6: TRAINING OF SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS,OPERATORS AND EXPERT OPERATORS THE TRAINING OF 564 PERSONNEL MEMBERS: 8 AFIS ADMINISTRATORS, 12 TRAINERS, 338 OPERATORS AND 206 EXPERT OPERATORS WITHIN 5 MONTHS (MARCH 2002 – JULY 2002)

PHASE 7: IMPLEMENTATION AT LCRC’s THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 118 AFIS WORKSTATIONS AT 35 LCRC’S COUNTRYWIDE WITHIN 6 MONTHS (MARCH 2002 – AUGUST 2002).

SAPS AFIS: DECENTRALISED SYSTEM WITH CENTRAL SEARCH CAPABILITIES, SEARCHING CRIMINAL AND NON-CRIMINAL TEN FINGERPRINTS AND SCENE OF CRIME FINGERPRINTS

IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMISSIONING OF AFIS

AFIS ARCHITECTURE: CENTRAL SITE

WAN

BACKUPUNIT

MATCHER L EXTERNAL INTERFACE SERVER

BIOMETRIC SERVER

ADMINISTRATION WORKSTATION

LASER PRINTERROUTERS

MATCHER NGM

MATCHER U

IMAGE PROCESSING SERVERSMATCHER T

RAID UNIT

WORKFLOW & DATABASE MANAGER

MORPHOTOUCH

AFIS ARCHITECTURE: REMOTE SITE

WAN

LASER PRINTER

ROUTER

WORKFLOW MANAGERAFIS WORKSTATION(S)

AFIS CLUSTER

CRIM LCRC AFIS

AFIS CLUSTERS

IMPACT OF AFIS

IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY TO THE ICJS (DOJ/ DOCS/DOSS/DOSD)AWAITING TRAIL PRISONERS ARE INCARCERATED FOR A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIMEFEWER COURT CASES NEED TO BE POSTPONEDMORE EFFECTIVE BAIL OPPOSINGSPEEDIER AVAILABILITY OF CRIMINAL INFORMATIONSPEEDIER IDENTIFICATION OF WANTED PERSONS

IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY TO THE COMMUNITYFIREARM APPLICATION CLEARANCESSECURITY OFFICERS’ CLEARANCESPUBLIC DRIVER PERMITSPRE-EMPLOYMENT CLEARANCESBEHAVIOUR CERTIFICATE/POLICE CLEARANCES

IMPACT OF AFIS

NATIONAL DATABASE FOR SCENE OF CRIME FINGERPRINTSA FIRST FOR THE SAPS SINCE 1925. CONTIBUTE TO MORE CRIMINALS BEING IDENTIFIED

FASTER RESPONSE TIMESAFIS IS CONFIGURED TO COMPLETE A DAY’S WORK IN A DAY’S TIME (24-HRS)

INCREASE IN ACCURACY & PRODUCTIVITYAFIS SEARCHES MINUTE FINGERPRINT DETAIL MORE EFFECTIVELY, REDUCES HUMAN ERROR AND ELIMINATES MANUAL CLASSIFICATION AND SEARCHING OF FINGERPRINTS

REDUCED TRAINING PERIODAFIS OPERATORS ARE PRODUCTIVE AFTER ONLY 2 WEEKS OF TRAININGTRAINING PERIOD OF SCENE OF CRIME EXPERTS REMAIN UNCHANGED

ELECTRONIC TRANSFER OF FINGERPRINTS (FBI, INTERPOL ETC.)HELP ADDRESS INTERNATIONAL CRIME

IMPACT OF AFIS

IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY TO THE ICJS

*AVERAGE NUMBER OF PREVIOUS CONVICTION REPORTS PRODUCED WITHIN 35 DAYS FOLLOWING THE RECEIPT OF THE CRIMINAL SEARCH (SAPS 76’S)

IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY TO THE COMMUNITY

SERVICE 2001 2002 % INCREASE

PREVIOUS CONVICTION REPORTS* 163 369 299 076 83%

CRIMINAL SEARCHES PERFORMED 723 832 921 083 27%

SERVICE 2001 2002 % INCREASE

NON-CRIMINAL SEARCHES PERFORMED 412 802 535 363 30%

IMPACT OF AFIS

IMPROVED ACCURACY

INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY

SERVICE 2001 2002 % INCREASE

CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATIONS 215 724 329 641 53%

NON-CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATIONS 29 439 62 099 110%

SCENE OF CRIME FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATIONS

12 952 16 558 28%

SERVICE 2001 2002 % INCREASE

TOTAL NUMBER OF F/P SEARCHES 1 136 633 1 456 446 28%

IMPACT OF AFIS

FASTER RESPONSE TIMES

IMPACT OF AFIS

MORPHOTOUCH PILOT PROJECT

SEARCHES PERFORMED WANTEDS ID WARRANTS OF ARREST

6 900 45 63

6 388 63 133

1 498 9 9

1 110 20 24

TOTAL: 15 896 97 229

QUO VADIS… THE WAY FORWARD

PALMPRINT FUNCTIONALITY THE CAPABILITY OF CAPTURING AND SEARCHING PALMPRINTS

LABORATORY ACQUISITION WORKSTATION ACQUIRING SCENE OF CRIME FINGERPRINTS FROM EVIDENCE

BOOKING STATION ELECTRONIC CAPTURING AND TRANSMISSION OF FINGERPRINTS (LIVE SCAN)

POSSIBLE FUTURE ADDITIONS:

AFIS BUDGET 2001/02 FINANCIAL YEAR

ADMINISTRATION: WORKSHOPS & TRAINING

INVENTORIES: STATIONARIES & PARTITIONING OF AFIS SITE

EQUIPMENT: SITE PREPARATION (AIR CONDITIONERS, UPS, OFFICE FURNITURE)

PROF & SPEC: CAPITAL REDEMPTION OF THE IDC

ALLOCATED R16 974 000

EXPENDITURE ADMINISTRATION R80 600

INVENTORIES R49 600

EQUIPMENT R1 956 500

PROF & SPEC R14 108 900

TOTAL EXPENDITURE R16 195 600

SAVING R778 400

AFIS BUDGET 2002/03 FINANCIAL YEAR

ALLOCATED R26 088 000

EXPENDITURE ADMINISTRATION R656 600

INVENTORIES R760 200

EQUIPMENT R651 700

PROF & SPEC R18 425 500

TOTAL EXPENDITURE R20 494 000

SAVING R5 594 000

ADMINISTRATION: WORKSHOPS & TRAINING

INVENTORIES: STATIONARIES & COMPUTER CONSUMEABLES

EQUIPMENT: SITE PREPARATION (AIR CONDITIONERS, UPS, FILING RACKS)

PROF & SPEC: CAPITAL REDEMPTION OF THE IDC, LCRC NAME AND AFIS

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