The NYPD’s high-tech fingerprint database was temporarily brought down by a bumbling contractor with a virus-infected mini computer, The Post has learned. A contractor was setting up a digital display ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Until recently, New York City police secretly kept fingerprints of children arrested as juveniles on file permanently in a department database — an illegal practice that has raised ...

The effectiveness of DNA testing and searches of the national DNA database is well-known. Over the last three decades, 137 wrongly convicted people were exonerated through DNA database “hits,” which ...

Michael Ransom, a fingerprint specialist for Michigan State Police, created the Vulnerable or Impaired Person Program after his son was mistakenly sent home on a school bus eight years ago. "My son is ...

The FBI has turned to a range of advanced forensic tools, including its NGI system, to unravel the mystery of who abducted 84 ...

Until recently, New York City police secretly kept fingerprints of children arrested as juveniles on file permanently in a department database — an illegal practice that has raised alarms about the ...

Columns share an author's personal perspective and are often based on facts in the newspaper's reporting. The effectiveness of DNA testing and searches of the national DNA database is well-known. Over ...

The NYPD has purged an illegal database of youth fingerprints following years of delays, officials confirmed Wednesday. The Legal Aid Society challenged the NYPD practice of holding onto the records ...

A publicly accessible database exposed the fingerprints and facial recognition information of millions, thrusting biometrics security into the spotlight once again. Researchers discovered the personal ...

While the FBI was busy collecting fingerprints, the military was setting up its own biometrics database, adding in iris and facial data as well. By October, the two organizations agreed to collaborate ...