More criminals are bound to get fingered.
“On Friday, Nov 23, the Southern Police District (SPD) launched its campaign to promote among the district’s investigative units the importance of securing latent fingerprints in a crime scene,” reports Mike Frialde on Philstar.com.
The SPD covers the following areas: Pasay, Makati, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Taguig, and the municipality of Pateros
The SPD has been gathering fingerprints from crime scenes and sending them to the PNP Crime Laboratory in Camp Crame for uploading on the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS).
For some reason, the campaign has been dubbed as “Freddie the Fingerprint.” The report didn’t explain the significance of the name “Freddie.”
Nevertheless, the launch of the fingerprint scheme at the SPD headquarters in Taguig City was graced by Chief Supt. Takahiro Iiri of the Japan National Police Agency and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Iiri serves as an adviser to the Philippine National Police (PNP) on investigation matters.
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