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1. Forensic Information Scanning Hub FISH Digital Forensics Ltd www.fishtouch.com

2. Forensic Identification • Bottlenecks and delays frequently occur in the daily management of forensic analysis. • Poorly integrated IT systems coupled with the multitude of forms required by case management systems have added to workload. • As a result the timescale of identification has lengthened allowing suspects to dispose of evidence and to confidently plead not guilty. • With more cases proceeding to court, costly DNA analysis is now the common approach to forensic identification. • As a result, police budgets are frequently stretched by longer investigation timeframes.

3. An integrated system that addresses the challenges faced by the forensic analyst and is configurable for different purposes depending on the user and their function • Designed to provide intelligent technology at the crime scene/base station • Develop better scanning technology to improve the quality of evidence captured • Reduce time spent on bureaucracy and waiting for the technology to work • Quantify the quality of evidence at the crime scene • Reduce human errors • Designed to Speed up and improve the identifying process • Employ cognitive friendly decision processing techniques for examiners • Manage larger quantities and types of evidence • Make more use of ‘smart’ algorithms

4. Designed for Process Workflows Processing FISH Expert is an analysing station. A Fingerprint Expert picks up jobs from FISH Bureau, then analyses and processes them. The software uses the same touch screen hardware as the FISH terminals or it can be loaded onto desktop computers. . Submission FISH Remote and FISH Touch are used for scanning fingerprint lifts, exhibits, footwear marks and elimination forms, and transmitting the images back along with Scene of Crime photos to a Forensic lab for identifying. FISH Lab does both submission, and includes the ability to manipulate, save and print locally. Management FISH Bureau is the receiving, printing and management station. In addition to processing features, it manages the job store, interfaces to colour printers for printing enlargements and black and white document printers for printing elimination forms and demographic data.

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6. Benefits Ease of Use • FISH uses full screen graphics, touch screen buttons, a wizard approach to navigating through screens and easy to read on-screen text that can be customised to reflect local terminology and acronyms. Quality • FISH has independent accreditation that the scanning and transmission process exceeds the UK Home Office guidelines. FISH has a unique calibration system where all scanners and printers are matched for optimal use over the whole Force network. FISH maintains an audit trail of what it does by whom and when. Performance • FISH is constantly being developed to optimise scanning, reducing the number of screen clicks, assisting with decision processes, replacing manual tasks with automated algorithms and generally making the PC work harder

7. Success to date • Over half of UK Forces have FISH software • Five UK forces have FISH version 3, a networked implementation • The software is also used by: • FBI Quantico, VA, USA • Italian Ministry of Interior • FISH has accreditation University of Westminster • FISH conforms to FBI standards and practices • FISH is widely accepted by the software users