Mr.
Schiff: The
FBI’s
Identification
Division opened
for business
storing fingerprint
cards in 1924,
16 years after
the FBI was
created...
Mr.
Fischer: "We
don’t
really deal
with paper
anymore. So
now the submission
comes in electronically.
It’s
searched against
our data base
of approximately
56 million
criminal fingerprint
records.”
Mr.
Schiff: That’s
Steve Fischer
of the FBI’s
Criminal Justice
Information
Services Division,
formerly the
Identification
Division...
Mr.
Fischer: "One
of our examiners
will look at
the electronic
version of
that card,
and the candidate,
on their computer
screen, and
make that decision
as to whether
it’s
the same person
or not.”
Mr.
Schiff: Fischer
says back in
the 50s, there
were less fingerprint
cards on file
in large cabinets...
Mr.
Fischer: "About
50 years ago
we had approximately
10 to 15 million
criminal fingerprint
cards on record.”
Mr.
Schiff: Learn
more on the
Internet at
fbi.gov. I’m
Neal Schiff
of the Bureau
and that’s
what’s
happening at
the “FBI,
This Week.”
