Orange County Sheriff's Department Crime Laboratory has begun operational use of a new fingerprint identification system delivered by MorphoTrak.Chosen through a competitive procurement process, the system, called MorphoBIS, can conduct high volume searches not only for fingerprints and palmprints, but also for the entire surface of the hand.MorphoBIS is also the first biometric identification system to include the automated search of all the friction ridge areas of the hand, commonly known as Major Case Prints. This means that even the smallest latent print found at a crime scene, from the tip of a finger for example, can be searched effectively in the quest for criminal identification.When the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) evaluated latent fingerprint matching technologies, the Morpho algorithms used in MorphoBIS were ranked first for fingerprint accuracy in image-only latent searches.These searches significantly increase operational speed, and do not require pre-processing or manual intervention during the search process, ultimately allowing latent print examiners to focus on more difficult tasks and verifications.System installation at the Crime Lab was completed in October 2014, and was then tested under real-world conditions.”Our new system has already shown significant increases in productivity and crime solving, with many recent successes. This is helping Orange County stay on the leading edge of law enforcement technology in the US,” reports Lisa Zinn, Crime Lab Assistant Director.”The superior matching accuracy of MorphoBIS helps technicians solve long held cold cases, and more quickly provide identifications for new ones,” stated Celeste Thomasson, President and CEO of MorphoTrak. “The Orange County Sheriff's Department Crime Lab is one of the first public service organizations to benefit from this powerful new version of MorphoBIS in 2015.”

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