Easy to Use, Simple to Install
The Labcaire Forensic Fingerprint Cabinet has been designed to enable the quick and easy visualisation of latent fingerprints from a variety of evidence.
The cabinet uses the widely recognised technique of developing prints with Ethyl Cyanoacrylate (CNA) or Super-glue but encompasses this with full automation and control of the cycle.
The installation of the cabinet is easy as it is totally self-contained and needs no venting to the outside. Instead of external venting, the cabinet uses a large capacity activated carbon [What is Activated Carbon?] filter to handle all excess fumes. The only connection required is to a standard 13 amp electrical socket so the unit can be sited almost anywhere.
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Examples of typical evidence that can be processed in the forensic fingerprint cabinet
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Faster Results Mean Lower Crime Rates
The FFC is intended for use at a local level by local officers. This has several obvious major benefits. Evidence can be taken direct to the cabinet from the scene of crime reducing the amount of handling and avoiding possible miss-treatment as it is passed from person to person. The evidence will also avoid the sometimes lengthy process of being forwarded to a centralised laboratory and can be processed with immediate results in the Police Station. Following processing, evidence is photographed and cross-referenced with NAFIS. If the print is identified the offender will either be arrested or placed under surveillance, otherwise it can be retained until a match is made. All of which can be completed in a matter of hours rather than days.
Automation with Control
The fully automatic cycle makes the development of fingerprints easy. The superglue is placed inside the chamber whilst evidence is easily positioned using the adjustable rail system. The cycle start button is pressed and the cabinet takes over. It follows, in detail, the process recommendations of the PSDB and as a result ensures that humidity is brought up to, and kept at 80% throughout the entire cycle.
The typical cycle is as follows:
- Place CNA on hotplate
- Place evidence into chamber
- Close door and press "cycle start"
- Door will lock automatically
- Humidifier will activate and start to increase humidity
- At 80% humidity, fuming starts whilst humidity is maintained at 80% throughout the cycle
- Once fuming starts, a circulating fan activates and distributes
vapour evenly throughout the chamber
- Fuming will continue for a set time. To prevent the over-development of prints the fuming can be halted at any time at the push of a button
- Purge process will commence and clear the cabinet of all excess fumes
- Once the cycle has completed, the "cycle finished" light will illuminate and the door will unlock
- The evidence can now be retrieved
The Labcaire FFC has been designed in conjunction and with the kind co-operation of the Metropolitan Police as part of their Operation Boyle. This is a “Safer Streets” initiative aimed at
reducing street crime in the North SSCU
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