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Fingerprint access streamlines investigations in Gainesville
Federal databases incorporate fingerprints from every state
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Investigator Dan Schrader uses the Gainesville Police Department’s new fingerprinting software system, which links it to the federal criminal database of fingerprint files from around the country.
Budget constraints previously did not allow the Gainesville Police Department access to a federal fingerprint database. Fingerprint analyses were outsourced to a Georgia Bureau of Investigation already bloated with casework. Now, police have the training and access to run fingerprints through a federal database.