Now that they're in smartphones, fingerprint scanners seem to be everywhere, but what's really going on behind the scenes when they're scanned?

Watchdogs have criticised Police Scotland for using traditional ink and paper for taking fingerprints at some of its stations due to a lack of electronic scanners. The technique, which in UK policing ...

Why do we have fingerprints? While impressive, it's not just to unlock a smartphone or catch a bad guy. Here's what the science says. Most people associate fingerprints with the ability to solve ...

Mar. 10—Former police officer Jerie Betschart spent more than a decade fingerprinting for the Kalispell Police Department, and after retiring at the end of 2022, she saw a need in the community to ...