Opposition parties in South Australia's state government have objected to plans to allow the police to stop and scan the fingerprints of suspects on the street. An opposition party in South Australia's state government has objected to plans to allow the police to stop and scan the fingerprints of suspects on the street.The State Government has trialled the new devices and plans to buy 150 at a total cost of $3.4 million.Meanwhile, there is a bill before Parliament to roll out biometric technology to be used more broadly following the trial.The bill could give police the power to scan anyone's fingerprints who could help with their inquiries or suspected of plans to commit a crime.Police are currently going through a tender process to buy a full set of devices.However, Greens leader Mark Parnell has described the plans as “Orwellian”.”Whether it's George Orwell or some other dystopian scientific future, these are the sort of laws that allow that to happen and the Greens will certainly be looking to make sure our police have sufficient powers but not too many powers,” he said, reports ABC.The Liberal party wants to change the bill before Parliament so that finger-printing only happens when someone refuses to give traditional identification.Responding to the reccomdendations made by the Liberal Party on the devices, the government has warned that police say the devices would be “useless” if the changes were agreed to.

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