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Mobile Identification

Mobile Identification provides a way of confirming a person's identity, when necessary, by using a handheld fingerprint scanner. It works by searching and comparing against available fingerprint records. 


 

MobileID will therefore save time by establishing a person's identity at the scene and within minutes, which benefits both the public and the police. Ultimately, through better identifications, MobileID will increase confidence, make communities safer and increase police time on the beat.

Fingerprints scanned using MobileID are not stored and are removed once the search is complete.

Mobile Identification forms part of the NPIA's Information Systems Improvement Strategy (ISIS), the service wide strategy that is transforming the way police technology is developed, procured, implemented and managed nationally. MobileID will be available to forces from early 2011.