Department of Public Safety Upgrades Fingerprint Database
Department of Public Safety Upgrades Fingerprint Database
Two Year Upgrade of Alaska’s Automated Fingerprint System Will Help Solve Crimes Faster
December 29, 2020 (Anchorage, AK) – After years of planning and months of testing, the upgrade to Alaska’s portion of the Western Identification Network (WIN) Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) has been successfully completed. Alaska, the first state to upgrade among the eight WIN states cutover to the improved software in mid-November. The process involved over six months of testing and trialing
the critical system that processes all civil, criminal, and forensic fingerprints in the state.