Samoa Police work has been boosted with the acquisition of an automatic fingerprint identification system and fingerprint comparison software package.
The tool is courtesy of the Samoa Australian Police Partnership .
According to a release from the Samoa Police, Prisons and Corrections Service, the equipment was installed last week and marks another step forward for the ongoing Forensics Renewal Project—a partnership between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Samoa Police to rebuild and upgrade the organizations’ forensic capabilities.
The AFIS system, which is capable of storing up to 50,000 records, allows investigators to efficiently search and compare fingerprints from a database, aiding in the identification of known or unknown suspects.
Police Commissioner Auapa’au Logoitino Filipo said, “This powerful tool will undoubtedly help us in the fight against crime and improve our disaster response.”
The total cost of the package is valued at $65,000AUD and AFP Senior Officer, Detective Superintendent Daniel Evans said the acquisition of this equipment is a significant boost to the Samoa Police’s ability to solve crimes and respond to disasters
An Australian fingerprint expert was on-site for the installation and provide training to Samoa Police Forensic members.
