$2 -- Sunday, November 4, 19S0 - North Shore News WEST VANCOUVER Police Const. Andy Mende! shows finger-print ridge characteristics displayed on a newly-installed computerized fingerprint system. The local police department has been on-line NEWS photo Neil Lucente with the Automated Fingerprint Information System (AFIS) since mid-September. Computer helps catch crooks THE WEST Vaprcouver Police are plugged into a new computer network that is making it possible to catch crooks faster. Since mid-September the local police department has been on-line with the Automated Fingerprint Information System (AFIS). Up and minning for the first time earlier this year, AFIS is shared by 20 police departments Operating throughout the pro- vince. tt has on file approximately 18,000 scts of fingerprints col- lected from individuals charged with criminal offences in B.C. Before AFIS, police routinely miiled photographs of finger- prints to RCMP headquarters in Ottawa. The computerized file in Ottawa holds about 2.! million seis of prints. Once received in Ottawa, finger-print ridge characteristics, the patterns of lines you see on your fingers, are plotted on the computer and compared against those already on file. Local police receive a list of 10 possible owners of the finger- prints. But since the advent of the B.C. AFIS system, police have had an additional resource. AFIS THE NORTH VANCOUVER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVANCIC PERRAULT ROBERTSON Certified General Accounts invite you to 3 GST SEMINAR Wednesday, November 7, 1990 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The Chamber Offices 131 East 2nd Street North Vancouver SPACE LIMITED RESERVE NOW 987-4488 $10.00 Michael Becker HIGH TECH provides a local data base and an information response time ranging from one hour for serious in- vestigations to 24 hours for more routine investigations. West Vancouver Police Const. Andy Mendel works with AFIS and points to a Sept. 6 break and enter incident as an example of the systern’s efficiency. Tape had been left on a window by a person who had broken into an address on Folkestone Way. The police secured fingerprints, seut) them through the AFIS system and identified their man. Said Mendel, ‘tHe was frem Vancouver, had a long record of B and E’s and wasn't known to our department. But he was very active in Vancouver."* With AFIS, B.C. is the only province in Canada to maintain an independent computerized finger-print) system. The system can also send and receive mugshots. Mendel even has a file of footwear impressions stored on disk. The $35,000 Photophone hard- ware package at the West Van- couver Police department includes a color monitor, a 386 computer, a color video printer, and a color video camera. Police fingerprint all individuals charged with a criminal offence. In West Vancouver approximately 50 to 60 people are fingerprinted per month. The AFIS system will be open to public viewing during the up- coming Nov. 1@ open house at West Vancouver Police head- quarters. | WE | _WE TEACH You HOW TO | THINK WHEN YOU DON'T | HAVE TIME TO THINK. - emergency maneuvers of any driving course. You'll learn life- saving techniques like brake-and-avoid and threshold braking, even how to avoid a rear-end or head-on collision. We prepare you for the worst. That's what makes Young Drivers the best. _ Young Bi Drivers of Caneddes @ teach you more than how ta pass vour drivers test. Wereach van todnve and sunvne, for mere infarmation, call way at Young Drivers teaches you the most advanced 1 NORTH VAN WEST VAN 986-1084 926-9679 it’s you whoa counts the most SHARE IN SUCCESS If you are licensed or soon to be licensed wiih a sincere desire ‘or early success arid would like an opportuni’y to be part of our North or West Vancouver Saies Team. We invite you to investigate the TRAINING, REWARDS and SUPPORT offered by Roya! Leiage. CALL: Ron Bailey, Manager, West Van. 925-1444 Satnam Sidhu, Manager, North Van. 988-2022 Office Technology Accelerated Program Starts January 9 A unique opportunity to acquire the technical skills demanded in today’s office — in just six months. * Business Records © Machine Transcrisiion * Accounting Procedures ¢ Business English © Work Practicum Capilano College offers you: - the finest training . persynalized instruction - reatonable fegs - a beautilul -ampus If vcu are upgrsdiny, your skills, starting or ( changing careers, this program is for you. Ruuenswete | Call 984-4959 now for more information. CAPILANO COLLEGE 2055 Purcell Way « North Vancouver ¢ B.C. SHOP THE FLYERS > wednesday * Woolco * Eaton’s Woodward's Save-On-Foods > friday Watch for our Real Estate Home Section > sunday * Consumer's Distributing * SuperValu Safeway Shoppers Drug Mart if you miss any of these flyers call North Shore News Distribution 986-1337 deleted ra selected aseas tialy