thiruvananthapuram the state police will soon have an automated fingerprint identification system afis that will compare and match fingerprints and also update existing ones in databasemore than 600 police and enforcement facilities across the state including police stations and district police headquarters will have access to the new system for verification and registration of fingerprints jointly developed by nec technologies india necti and centre for development of advanced computing cdacaccording to police sources the new system was expected to help cops accelerate investigations more efficiently by providing faster and more accurate fingerprint verification the new system would also enhance the quality of fragmented fingerprints captured from crime scenes they saidstate fingerprint bureau is the scientific arm of the police department that gives authentic and conclusive evidence on forged documents impersonations and of perpetrators of crimes the bureau has been maintaining a database of about 120000 criminals and it is frequently updatedwhenever a person is arrested his fingerprint is recorded and the same is forwarded to the bureau upon searching the same it could be known whether a particular person is an exconvict hisher actual name and address earlier accusationsconvictions etc also whenever an unidentified dead body is found its fingerprints are taken and forwarded to the bureau the identity of the deceased person could be found out if he is an exconvict