Whorls, loops and arches
Tonight in the citizen’s police academy, we got a visit from the crime scene investigators and the fingerprinting experts. They will use Photoshop to enhance the image so they can recover a print. Some were asking that since there is a comparison database available, is the job of the fingerprint identifier in jeopardy. Not likely, you still need to be an expert in imaging to make the finger print ready to be put into the database. Often they will have to knock out the backgrounds and up the levels to bring out the print.
These people have an eye for comparing they have developed. According to the presenter, it takes three years of training before you can become a latent print examiner. Read more about fingerprints here.
