Title: AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AFIS)
1AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AFIS)
PRESENTER ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER PJL DU
TOIT HEAD SA POLICE SERVICE CRIMINAL RECORD
CENTRE (SAPS CRC)
2SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE (SAPS CRC)
JUSTICE THROUGH IDENTITY
3STRUCTURES SAPS CRC LCRC
4PRIMARY FUNCTION CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE COMPONENT
(CRC)
- THE IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION OF PREVIOUS
- CONVICTIONS OF CRIMINALS/ OFFENDERS/ PERSONS
BY - MEANS OF FINGERPRINTS
5CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE COMPONENT (CRC)
- LOCATED IN PRETORIA
- ESTABLISHED 1st APRIL 1925
- STAFF COMPLEMENT
- 400 PERSONNEL
- NATIONAL TEN FINGERPRINT COLLECTION 5.1
MILLION
6PRIMARY FUNCTION LOCAL CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE
COMPONENT (LCRC)
- SPECIALISED INVESTIGATION OF CRIME SCENES
- AND THE SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION OF EXHIBITS AT
- THE SCENE OF CRIME
7LOCAL CRIMINAL RECORD CENTRE COMPONENT (LCRC)
- LCRC DIRECTORATE AT NATIONAL LEVEL
- REPRESENTED IN ALL 9 PROVINCES
- 90 DECENTRALISED OFFICES
- UNSOLVED SCENE-OF-CRIME FINGERPRINT
- COLLECTION 1 MILLION
- STAFF COMPLEMENT
- 2100 PERSONNEL
8PROVINCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF LCRCs
9DISADVANTAGES 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
10WHY AN AFIS FOR SAPS?
- THE SAPS CRC HAS BEEN MANAGING A MANUAL
FINGERPRINT - SYSTEM OF ALL KNOWN CONVICTED CRIMINALS SINCE
1925 - THE SAPS LCRCS 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
11SOLUTION TO CRISES FACED BY SAPS
(BACKGROUND)
- 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)
-
12IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMISSIONING OF AFIS
- THE AFIS WAS IMPLEMENTED IN PHASES, FROM
- NOVEMBER 2000 TO AUGUST 2002
- PHASE 1
- NATIONAL TEN FINGERPRINT CARD PREPARATION,
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 SAPSS REQUIREMENTS
- INTEGRATION OF THE AFIS AND
CRIMINAL RECORD IDENTIFICATION - SYSTEM (CRIM)
-
-
13IMPLEMENTATION 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 SYSTEMS HARDWARE, - SOFTWARE AND DATABASE IN A SECURE
ENVIRONMENT (FEBRUARY 2002)
14IMPLEMENTATION AND COMMISSIONING OF AFIS
- 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 LCRCs
- THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 118 AFIS WORKSTATIONS
AT 35 LCRCS 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 -
15AFIS ARCHITECTURE CENTRAL SITE
BACKUP UNIT
RAID UNIT
WORKFLOW DATABASE MANAGER
IMAGE PROCESSING SERVERS
MATCHER T
MATCHER L
EXTERNAL INTERFACE SERVER
MORPHOTOUCH
BIOMETRIC SERVER
MATCHER U
ADMINISTRATION WORKSTATION
MATCHER NGM
WAN
ROUTERS
LASER PRINTER
16AFIS ARCHITECTURE REMOTE SITE
WAN
ROUTER
WORKFLOW MANAGER
AFIS WORKSTATION(S)
LASER PRINTER
17AFIS CLUSTER
CRIM
LCRC
AFIS
18AFIS CLUSTERS
19IMPACT OF AFIS
- IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY TO THE ICJS (DOJ/
DOCS/DOSS/DOSD) - AWAITING TRAIL PRISONERS ARE INCARCERATED FOR A
SHORTER - PERIOD OF TIME
- FEWER COURT CASES NEED TO BE POSTPONED
- MORE EFFECTIVE BAIL OPPOSING
- SPEEDIER AVAILABILITY OF CRIMINAL INFORMATION
- SPEEDIER IDENTIFICATION OF WANTED PERSONS
- IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY TO THE COMMUNITY
- FIREARM APPLICATION CLEARANCES
- SECURITY OFFICERS CLEARANCES
- PUBLIC DRIVER PERMITS
- PRE-EMPLOYMENT CLEARANCES
- BEHAVIOUR CERTIFICATE/POLICE CLEARANCES
20IMPACT OF AFIS
- NATIONAL DATABASE FOR SCENE OF CRIME FINGERPRINTS
- A FIRST FOR THE SAPS SINCE 1925. CONTIBUTE TO
MORE CRIMINALS BEING IDENTIFIED - FASTER RESPONSE TIMES
- AFIS IS CONFIGURED TO COMPLETE A DAYS WORK IN A
DAYS TIME (24-HRS) - INCREASE IN ACCURACY PRODUCTIVITY
- AFIS SEARCHES MINUTE FINGERPRINT DETAIL MORE
EFFECTIVELY, - REDUCES HUMAN ERROR AND ELIMINATES MANUAL
CLASSIFICATION AND - SEARCHING OF FINGERPRINTS
- REDUCED TRAINING PERIOD
- AFIS OPERATORS ARE PRODUCTIVE AFTER ONLY 2 WEEKS
OF TRAINING - TRAINING PERIOD OF SCENE OF CRIME EXPERTS REMAIN
UNCHANGED - ELECTRONIC TRANSFER OF FINGERPRINTS (FBI,
INTERPOL ETC.) - HELP ADDRESS INTERNATIONAL CRIME
21IMPACT 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 76S) - 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
22IMPACT 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
23IMPACT OF AFIS
24IMPACT 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
25QUO VADIS THE WAY FORWARD
- POSSIBLE FUTURE ADDITIONS
- 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)
26AFIS BUDGET 2001/02 FINANCIAL YEAR
ALLOCATED R16 974 000 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
- ADMINISTRATION WORKSHOPS TRAINING
- INVENTORIES STATIONARIES PARTITIONING OF AFIS
SITE - EQUIPMENT SITE PREPARATION (AIR CONDITIONERS,
UPS, OFFICE FURNITURE) - PROF SPEC CAPITAL REDEMPTION OF THE IDC
27AFIS BUDGET 2002/03 FINANCIAL YEAR
ALLOCATED R26 088 000 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 - MATCHER CHANGES