{"id":1825,"date":"2010-06-03T10:33:27","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T16:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2010-06-03T10:35:12","modified_gmt":"2010-06-03T16:35:12","slug":"the-verifier-a-mobile-wireless-fingerprint-scanner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=1825","title":{"rendered":"The Verifier &#8211; a mobile wireless fingerprint scanner [AMERICAN COP]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw a great little gadget in a recent issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/fmgpublications.ipaperus.com\/FMGPublications\/AmericanCop\/ACMA10\/\">American Cop (March-April 2010 issue on page 20).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Called the <a href=\"http:\/\/crossmatch.com\/verifier-mw.php\">VERIFIER<\/a>, it&#8217;s a baton-shaped &#8220;Mobile Wireless Fingerprint Scanner&#8221; that takes a suspect&#8217;s fingerprint in the field and runs it through the local PD database through the squad car or a field station&#8217;s wifi connection. Depending on how nationally connected the local PD&#8217;s network is, it can also route the scan through any other national database to confirm the individual&#8217;s ID. According to the article, in about 10 minutes, any results on the suspect will be returned to the field officer.<\/p>\n<p>My first reaction? Cool gadget!<\/p>\n<p>My second reaction? Hmmm.<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, there&#8217;s a ton of &#8220;pros&#8221; for this device.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Instant on-site body identification (Hey CBS- put this on CSI already!)<\/li>\n<li>Instant verification of someone who says they do not have their ID. (No ID on you? No problem! Just put your finger right here if you please&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Validation of every presented form of identification (IE: no more fake driver&#8217;s licenses from out of state or out of country!)<\/li>\n<li>Reliable identity confirmation (IE: no mis-reading license numbers over the radio or dealing with old and busted ID swipe-pads in a patrol car).<\/li>\n<li>Reasonably cheap at $2,000 per unit.<\/li>\n<li>And probably best of all, a much faster initiation of booking and processing of a suspect in the legal system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the other hand, there&#8217;s the <em><strong>big<\/strong><\/em> ugly potential this can create a &#8220;fingerprint national database&#8221; just based on traffic stops.<\/p>\n<p>I know a national database exists based on driver&#8217;s licenses alone, but I <strong><em>strongly<\/em><\/strong> oppose a national database based on fingerprint\/DNA information of individuals not accused of any crime.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, I have a bad feeling this is going to wind up in the courts pretty quick. Here&#8217;s my hypothetical&#8230; a very smart, thorough and well-intentioned police officer somewhere is going to use the VERIFIER on a suspect he has a valid &#8220;gut feeling&#8221; about, even though the suspect will have an ID they have already presented to the police officer. If the suspect gets busted based on the VERIFIER&#8217;S scan, the big question will be if they were technically arrested at the time of  fingerprinting and was the fingerprinting process valid? Is fingerprinting at a traffic stop (or border checkpoint) a violation of the 5th? Should the VERIFIER be used before a miranda warning? Does a miranda warning  even apply for the VERIFIER?<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to 2010.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/crossmatch.com\/verifier-mw.php\">VERIFIER<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/crossmatch.com\/\">crossmatch.com<\/a> website. Below is also the scan from the <a href=\"http:\/\/fmgpublications.ipaperus.com\/FMGPublications\/AmericanCop\/ACMA10\/\">American Cop magazine where this article originally appeared. (March \/ April 2010 page 20) (click to enlarge).<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"width: 613px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royceeddington\/4666779986\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"American Cop Magazine March\/April 2010 page 20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4035\/4666779986_c9b54a5a73_b.jpg?resize=584%2C793\" alt=\"American Cop Magazine March\/April 2010 page 20\" width=\"584\" height=\"793\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Cop Magazine March\/April 2010 page 20<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fmgpublications.ipaperus.com\/FMGPublications\/AmericanCop\/ACMA10\/\">You can also read this whole issue of americancop.com in their digital archives area on their website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw a great little gadget in a recent issue of American Cop (March-April 2010 issue on page 20). Called the VERIFIER, it&#8217;s a baton-shaped &#8220;Mobile Wireless Fingerprint Scanner&#8221; that takes a suspect&#8217;s fingerprint in the field and runs it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=1825\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,10,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-magazines","category-news","category-tech"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Pfyw-tr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1825"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1827,"href":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions\/1827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}