Police forces to be equipped with mobile fingerprint scanners
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 11:07 AM on 05th March 2010
Every police force in England and Wales will begin using the portable fingerprint scanners this summer
每一個在英格蘭和威爾士的警隊，將在今年夏天開始使用手攜式的指紋掃描儀
Every police force in England and Wales will soon start using mobile fingerprint scanners to check suspects' identity in the street.
每一個在英格蘭和威爾士的警隊，將很快開始使用移動指紋掃描儀，在街上檢查嫌疑人的身份。
Security officers on patrol will be able to use the devices, which are about the size of a mobile phone, to check the fingerprints against national records.
巡邏的保安人員將能夠使用那些設備，它們約是移動電話般大小，去檢查指紋對照全國紀錄。
Up to 3,000 devices will be distributed to each of the 43 forces across England and Wales after senior officers claimed they will save hours of police time and speed up inquiries.
達到3,000部裝置將會分發給全英格蘭和威爾士的43個部隊，高級官員聲稱它們將會節省警方的時間，和加快調查。
The National Policing Improvement Agency has signed a three-year contract worth £9million with U.S. firm Cogent System to provide the devices.
全國警務改善局已簽署了一份為期三年價值 900萬英鎊的合約，美國公司康源系統會提供設備。
Deputy Chief Constable Peter Goodman, of the Association of Chief Police Officers, said: 'This new technology will allow police to more easily confirm the identity of suspects on the street without having to arrest them and return to the police station to confirm who they are - as we currently have to do.
'It also means cost savings equivalent to releasing some 360 officers back to front-line policing each year.'
Chief Constable Peter Neyroud, from The National Policing Improvement Agency, added: 'Identification is crucial to police investigations and giving officers the ability to do this on the spot within minutes is giving them more time to spend working in their communities, helping to fight crime, bringing more offenders to justice and better protecting the public.'
The decision comes after a successful trials of 330 similar devices in 2006, which showed officers saved at least 30 minutes every time they used the machine.
However, some are concerned the new devices could encourage police to conduct random searches.
Campaign group Liberty said last year it had 'very real concerns' about the possibility of the introduction of such devices.
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