Published August 03. 2021 12:48AM By DAVE ALTIMARI, The Connecticut Mirror Police departments across the state have been forced to use "old-school" paper-and-ink fingerprinting techniques after they weren't able to connect to a new $22 million fingerprinting system that went live on July 25. State police and teams from Idemia, the European-based technology company that designed the system, will be crisscrossing the state this week, helping to get police departments connected. Meanwhile, officials have been working with Idemia representatives to create short-term solutions while they determine why the system is not working. Police departments have been told that the system may not be fully operational until Aug. 9.