New police tool could yield more convictions
Posted May 25, 2011 7:23 am.
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Police have a new high-tech crime fighting tool that could crack a few cold cases.
The automated fingerprint identification system helps lift prints that, until now, weren’t clear enough to be identified.
Police say the gadget has already been used to come up with new leads in almost 200 unsolved cases in our city, from robberies to murders.
Officers say the technology will eventually lead to more convictions.
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