Thinking about fingerprinting in developing countries?
- Fingerprinting for census-taking?
- for voter registration?
- for crime prevention?
- for distribution of social services?
- for setting up a universal identification system?
If these things are in mind for fingerprinting in developing country-wide scenarios, you are also thinking about DOING A LOT MORE …
- A lot more individuals to enroll … millions, not just thousands
- A lot more logistical challenges … how to get stuff out there, and get it back.
- A lot more cost challenges … how to fingerprint millions without bankrupting the country.
- A lot more social or political challenges … how to encourage participation without suspicion.
WITH A LOT LESS…
- A lot less in-the-field technology … you’ll never be able to acquire Live-Scan or deploy it those numbers.
- A lot less in-the-field time … you won’t be able to take-turns setting up shop from place to place in sequence.
- A lot less in-the-field basic stuff like electricity and literacy. Often there won’t be ANY.
- A lot less infrastructure of any kind … reliable law enforcement, sanitation, transportation, phones.
When it comes to A LOT LESS, International Fingerprint has it: The concept of self-capture.
- No electric power needed at the fingerprint capture site. Fully pictorial directions are interpreted easily in any language.
- Simultaneous in-the-field group-capture fingerprinting. If you can sit them down, you can print them all at once.
- One visit. In-and-out. The visiting fingerprint taker also takes the names.
- All the technology is back at a regional lab that converts the fingerprints to electronic files for uploading to the AFIS.
- The fingerprint taker role can offer politically appealing job opportunities for students and locals.
- No machinery to lug around, to fix or maintain. No special training other than filling-out forms.
- Easy low cost deployments. Pass them out, gather them up.
When it comes to DOING A LOT MORE, International Fingerprint does it with the patented Self-capture Pack:
- Single-use, disposable. Easy to produce under license; easy to carry into the field or mail.
- High reliability, dependability. Multiple print capture method assures good ones will be obtained.
- Gets the same low rejection rates as live-scan. All printable persons* will be successfully enrolled.
- High throughput volume regional labs can be licensed, staffed, equipped under contract with local talent.
- DNA-capture and palm-print capture are easily included.
- High-end kits with discreet packaging are available for multi-national special enrollment projects
Contact NFp to discuss demonstration and pilot proposals.
*Due to occupational wear, injury or other factors, some individuals are not printable by any method.