Background Check Report

Figure 2: Live Scan 14The fingerprints themselves are stored in a database called an Automatic FingerprintIdentification System (“AFIS”), which is also used to catalogue the type of fingerprints (basedon the shape of the swirls), to store the templates (which are the numerical representations of thefingerprints) and for searching. Today’s AFIS systems work with multiple servers to providespeeds upwards of millions per second, as opposed to 3.3 fingerprint cards per hour that wereable to be processed manually by forensic specialists before the advent of this technology. Mostlaw enforcement and government agencies use AFIS systems for identification purposes –criminal and civil agencies making fingerprints the go-to biometric when it comes to criminalbackground checks.14 Courtesy of MorphoTrust (www.morphotrust.com){11081861:2} 17