1. Introduction

1.1 Purpose

This User Requirements Specification will be used to document the understandings between the ABC Department of Public Safety (DPS) and VENDOR, Inc. (Vendor). This document includes all of the user-defined specifications for the ABC Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AAFIS) and provides the user-level technical specifications for the ABC AFIS.

The requirements contained in this document incorporate the requirements provided in RFP #00000 and the Vendor Proposal.

1.2 Scope

The user requirements identified in this document apply to primary functions, major supporting functions, processes, and operations of the ABC AFIS.

1.3 Organization

This document is organized as follows:

Section 1	Introduction: Identifies the purpose, scope, document format, basic definitions, and applicable documents for this specification
Section 2	System Functionality: Describes in detail the required system functions, data elements, and search criteria
Section 3	System Design: Describes the workstation design requirements and system configuration
Section 4	Performance and Capacity: Provides data on daily and peak throughput, response times, and database capacity
Section 5	Accuracy: Defines accuracy requirements for latent to tenprint, tenprint to tenprint, and tenprint to unsolved latent searches
Section 6	System Installation: Describes power and environmental facilities available for system installation
Section 7	System Acceptance Period: Defines system readiness and describes the procedures that will be followed during the system acceptance period
Section 8	Card Conversion: Describes the requirements necessary for successful conversion of the ABC Department of Public Safety tenprint card database
Section 9	Maintenance: Describes the hardware and software maintenance requirements of the ABC AFIS including: required service reports, remedial maintenance, maintenance of additional equipment, replacement of spare parts, and performance standards
Section 10	Training: Describes the type, level, frequency, and general content of training that will be provided by VENDOR
Section 11	Personnel Requirements: Describes requirements for VENDOR Project Manager and the Department of Public Safety Project Coordinator.
Section 12	Security Check Requirements: Describes requirements for obtaining security clearance from the Department of Public Safety for all employees, subcontractors, or materialmen having access to restricted areas.
Section 13	Project Plan: Describes how VENDOR will conduct the complete AAFIS project. It defines the major project phases and the tasks making up each phase.

1.4 Definitions

This document includes a number of terms, acronyms, and abbreviations that may be unique to fingerprint identification. For example, the term LT/TPLC search refers to the process of comparing a latent print to the fingerprint records in the XL AAFIS tenprint/latent cognizant database.

The following terms, acronyms, and abbreviations are used in this document:

AAFIS	ABC Automated Fingerprint Identification System. Also referred to as the ABC AFIS.
AAFIS	For the purposes of this document the acronym AAFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System) may be used when referring to the ABC AFIS.
ACCH	ABC Computerized Criminal History.
ACJIS	ABC Criminal Justice Information System.
AFIS	Automated Fingerprint Identification System.
ASCII	American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
ACCEPTANCE TEST	The tests intended to determine that all the equipment and software comply with the contract and to determine the reliability of the system.
ACCURACY	Identification reliability. It refers to the capability of the matching algorithms to discriminate between matches and non-matches of fingerprint images.
ADDITION	Inclusion of fingerprint information into a database.
ADJACENT FINGER TYPE	The pattern type for a finger adjoining the finger that is under examination.
AAFIS RECORD NUMBER (ARN)	See Automated Fingerprint Identification System Record Number.
APPLICANT FINGERPRINT TYPE	A tenprint fingerprint card submitted by authorized agencies for criminal history record information on individuals applying for a license or noncriminal justice/private agency employment; or, applying for employment with a criminal justice agency.
AAFIS RECORD NUMBER (ARN)	A Tenprint Record will have either a SID Number or an AAFIS RECORD NUMBER. AAFIS RECORD NUMBERs are generated by the AAFIS (as opposed to SID Number that is generated by the ACCH and passed to the AAFIS). AAFIS RECORD NUMBERs are attached to non-criminal tenprint records. Tenprint records in the AAFIS that have an AAFIS RECORD NUMBER will, in virtually every case, not be found in the ACCH database.
ARCH, PLAIN	Ridges enter on one side of the impression and flow or tend to flow out the other with a rise or wave in the center.
ARCH, TENTED	Most of ridges enter upon one side of the impression and flow or tend to flow out upon the other side, as in the plain arch type; however, the ridge(s) at the center do not. There are three types of tented arch patterns: 1. Ridges at center from a definite angle, i.e. 90 degrees or less. 2. One or more ridges at the center form an up thrust (an ending ridge or any length rising at a sufficient degree from the horizontal plane; i.e., 45 degrees or more). 3. A ridge approaching the loop type, possessing two (2) of the basic or essential characteristics of the loop, but lacking the third.
ABC AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AAFIS)	The automated fingerprint identification system for the State of ABC that includes the ABC Department of Public Safety Central State Repository and Latent Print Unit, the Full Access System Terminal (FAST) sites (and optionaly, at the discretion of the AAFIS System Manager, Remote Terminal (RT) sites). The Department of Public Safety is the central site where the central processing unit is to be located in the computer operations facility.
ABC COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY (ACCH)	A file on the ABC Criminal Justice Information System network comprised of arrest and disposition information on subjects with criminal history records maintained at the ABC Central State Repository.
ABC CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM (ACJIS)	A network operated and maintained by the ABC Department of Public Safety to provide a variety of criminal justice information to authorized users.
ARREST FINGERPRINT CARD	A tenprint card submitted by a law enforcement agency and used to record fingerprints and information about criminal charge(s) against the subject whose fingerprints are on the card.
AUDIT	A method for documenting any transaction from its input to its output.
AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM	A computerized system for the reading, encoding, classifying, searching, and matching of fingerprints and the storage and retrieval of fingerprint images, including any ancillary identification functions.
AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM RECORD NUMBER (ARN)	A unique ten-character alpha/numeric computer-generated number assigned to an AAFIS record that does not meet the criteria for assignment of an SID Number.
AVAILABILITY	The duration of time in which the ABC AFIS functions are capable of processing transactions.

BACKUP	The periodic writing of AAFIS files to tape or other removable medium to ensure their reconstruction in the event of master file damage, and to ensure reliability, integrity and security of the system.
BAUD	A unit of signal speed roughly equivalent to one bit per second.
BENCHMARK	A test to evaluate the performance of an AFIS, to verify VENDOR’s response to the request for proposal.
BIFURCATION	The forking or dividing of one (1) ridge into two (2) or more ridges.
BINARY IMAGE	The representation of an image such that one pixel is represented by one bit. Images are bilevel, usually black and white.

CANDIDATE LIST	An ordered set of scores and identifiers generated by a matching algorithm.
CANDIDATE PRINT	A file print selected during the matching function.
CANDIDATE RANKING	The relative position of a file candidate among those selected by the matching functions.
CARD FORMAT	The physical layout of a fingerprint card including dimensions and location of images and descriptive data.
CARD SCANNER	A device that converts fingerprint images from a card to digital form for subsequent computer processing and image and data storage.
CENTRAL FINGERPRINT REPOSITORY	The entity within the central state repository of the ABC Department of Public Safety where tenprint fingerprint processes and the ABC AFIS tenprint database will be maintained.
CENTRAL STATE REPOSITORY	ABC Department of Public Safety; designated by State statute to maintain criminal records for the State of ABC.
CENTRAL SITE	The ABC Department of Public Safety location(s) where the ABC AFIS centralized tenprint and latent print functions will be performed.
CHARTING	The terminal function that allows operators to draw lines from minutiae on fingerprints of a split screen and assign the same numbers to corresponding minutiae points on the search and file prints.
COLD SEARCH	A latent print search conducted with no known suspect(s), and may contain minimum search delimiters.
COLOR REVERSAL	The ability to convert an image from negative to positive and from positive to negative. See “reverse video.”
COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY	A database containing criminal history records.
CONFIGURATION	The set of AFIS components and subsystems, etc., consisting of hardware and software required to process the mix of ABC AFIS transactions.
CONNECTIVITY	Connectivity is defined as, when directed by the AAFIS operator, and upon completion of a search within the ABC AFIS system, a search is continued within another AFIS system without additional manual duplication of process. The search results shall be received at the originator’s workstation.
CONTRACTOR	Vendor, Inc.
CONVERSION	The process of transforming data from one format to another, e.g., from manual tenprint cards to AAFIS database.
CRIMINAL FINGERPRINT	Tenprint cards submitted by law enforcement agencies and used to record fingerprints and information about a suspected criminal.

DOB	Date of Birth.
DPS	Department of Public Safety; also known as the ABC Department of Public Safety.
DATABASE	A storage scheme for fingerprint or other data. Also refers to the data sorted by the scheme.
DEGRADED TIME	Any period of time during which an AFIS continues to operate but at less than full capacity.
DELETION	The removal of a record(s) from an AFIS database.
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA	Data elements consisting of non fingerprint information, such as but not limited to, name, date of birth, etc. All non-image data that is part of an AFIS record.
DEMONSTRATION	A performance of required AFIS capabilities.
DEPARTMENT	Synonymous with the Department of Public Safety.
DIRECT READ FINGERPRINT	A fingerprint image produced by scanning a live finger and recording an image of the friction ridges. refer to Direct Reader.
DIRECT READER	A device capable of scanning fingerprint images directly from a person’s fingers. Commonly used as an input device for booking workstations, etc.
DOCUMENTATION	All AFIS related textual material delivered by VENDOR.
DOWNTIME	When the system is not capable of performing the intended functions, at the discretion of the State, excluding agreed upon scheduled downtime. The time during which a computer system is not capable of operational use.

EBCDIC	Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code. An industry standard for the encoding and storage of data.
EDITING	Modification of data, e.g., update or change of a database record.
ENCODING	The process of translating data from a fingerprint image into code for inclusion in a database.
ENTRY	Synonymous with input; every single step from the time a tenprint card or latent print (lift) is received for input until it is registered in the AFIS.
EQUIPMENT	An all inclusive term that refers either to an individual or set of hardware; may refer to a complete system including software, etc.

FAST	Full Access System Terminal.
FAILURE	Any malfunction in the equipment that precludes the accomplishment of its intended function.
FBI Format	For the purposes of this document, the term FBI format, when used in reference to electronic transmission of images or data, refers to the FBI mandatory portion of the final draft of the ANSI/NIST-NCSL 1-199X Standard, when released.
FILE MAINTENANCE	Procedures to ensure the integrity of an AFIS database and its contents. Also, the deleting or updating of elements stored in the databases.
FILE PRINT	A fingerprint stored in the image storage and retrieval database.
FILE NUMBER	Indicates a specific finger by number, starting with the index finger on the right hand as number one (1) and progressing through the little finger on the left hand as number ten (10). Synonymous with finger number.
FINGERPRINT CHARACTERISTICS	Refers to minutiae and other features such as pattern type.
FINGERPRINT IMAGE	A representative reproduction of an actual fingerprint.
FINGERPRINT MATCHER	A high speed computing device that compares data from rolled or latent impressions to those in the appropriate database.
FINGERPRINT MATCHING	Mathematical procedures for the algorithm comparison of data from rolled or latent fingerprint impressions against data from impressions stored in a database. Matching algorithms order candidates in terms of probability of identity.
FINGERPRINT TECHNICIAN	A person responsible for classifying and identifying fingerprints using the Henry Fingerprint System or other related methods.
FISCAL YEAR	The State of ABC’s budget year beginning July 1 and ending on June 30 of the following calendar year.
FLAG	An electronic alpha/numeric designator that indicates the type of record within an ABC AFIS database.
FULL ACCESS SYSTEM TERMINAL (FAST) SITE AGENCY	A law enforcement agency designated by the AAFIS Advisory Board that, in addition to being responsible for entering and searching its own agency’s tenprints and latent prints through the centralized AAFIS databases at the Department of Public Safety, is also required to process tenprints and latents for all other law enforcement agencies (except Remote Terminal site agencies) within the county in which the FAST site agency is located. Necessary hardware and software capable of performing both tenprint and latent print functions is provided to FAST site agencies by the State of ABC. FAST site maintenance costs are also paid by the State. Staffing is the responsibility of the FAST site agency.
FUNCTION	A comprehensive set of actions provided by equipment and/or personnel.

GOODS	Materials and/or equipment sold by Vendor.
GRAY LEVEL IMAGE	A digital representation of more than two shades of light and dark (contrasting) areas of a fingerprint image.

HIT

See Identification.

IAFIS	FBI Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System.
IDENT	See Identification.
IDENTIFICATION	Confirmation of identity resulting from a search and verification of matching tenprint or latent prints with any fingerprint(s) in the ABC AFIS.
IDENTIFICATION DATABASE(S)	The collection of rolled impressions and latent images against which searches are conducted.
IMAGE	A processed or stored representation of a fingerprint.
IMAGE DATABASE(S)	Collection of rolled and latent fingerprint images for all fingerprints represented in the tenprint, latent cognizant, and unsolved latent databases.
IMAGE ENHANCEMENT	The reading and interpretation of an image by machine with the objective of improving the quality of that image.
IMAGE PROCESSING	In an AFIS, a set of tasks that includes the reading of an image, converting that image to digital (electronic) format, detecting features of that image which can be used for classification and identification and compressing that image for the most efficient storage and/or transmission.
IMAGE REVERSAL	An image in which the right and left orientation has been reversed.
IMAGE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SUBSYSTEM	A subsystem that provides for the storage and retrieval of images that have been processed.
INPUT	Synonymous with entry; every single step from the time a tenprint card or latent print (lift) is received, or ready to enter, until it is registered in the AAFIS.
INPUT PRINT	See search print.
INQUIRY	The process of searching a database with a specified fingerprint(s) and may include search delimiters.
INSTALLATION	The delivery and physical hookup of the equipment by Vendor as required to maintain the equipment in acceptable working order.
INTEGRATED AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM	The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) computerized fingerprint-based criminal history record and identification system comprised of the Interstate Identification Index (III), an Identification Tasking and Networking segment (ITN), and an automated fingerprint identification subsystem.
ISRS	Image Storage and Retrieval Subsystem.

JOURNAL FILE

A file containing information about all changes to the database. This information is used during a recovery procedure.

LATENT CASE	All fingerprints assigned a single Case Number.
LATENT CASE RECORD	An electronic record derived from the images and alphanumeric data associated with a specific latent case.
LATENT COGNIZANT DATABASE	Collection of encoded fingerprint data and other descriptors related to all ten fingerprints from tenprint fingerprint cards against which latent prints will be compared.
LATENT DATABASE	Synonymous with unsolved latent database in the ABC AFIS.
LATENT/LATENT SEARCH	The comparison of a latent fingerprint against the latent prints in the unsolved latent database.
LATENT PRINT (LT)	Fingerprint impression(s) taken from a crime scene for identification comprised of partial prints recorded by photograph, video, laser or lifted powder on a card.
LATENT PRINT EXAMINER	A person responsible for latent print processing, e.g., encoding, verification, court testimony.
LATENT PRINT UNIT	An entity within the Department of Public Safety responsible for latent print functions.
LATENT INQUIRY	The function that searches the latent cognizant database.
LATENT REINQUIRY	A function that permits another search with different demographic information without having to reenter the latent print. A request of the AFIS to search its fingerprint database(s) again using data previously obtained from a latent fingerprint. See re-inquiry.
LATENT/TENPRINT SEARCH	The comparison of a latent print to the rolled impressions in the latent cognizant database.
LATENT VERIFICATION WORKSTATION	Equipment for encoding all latent case data elements, including minutiae points, demographic data, search parameters, etc.
LIFT	Transfer tape or a photograph bearing a latent print impression developed from a crime scene.
LIVESCAN	A device capable of capturing all demographic data and, directly from a subject’s fingers, image data necessary to produce a complete set of fingerprint cards at the same site at which the device is located. Livescan devices also have the capability to electronically forward the image and demographic data to the central AAFIS processing site; i.e., this device must appear to the central AAFIS site as a remote tenprint input device. Livescan devices must also be capable of producing a hard copy tenprint card on a laser printer in (at least) sixteen (16) shades of gray per finger image.
LOG	A file that stores information on AFIS activities for use in file recovery, statistical reporting, or as an audit trail.
LOOP, RADIAL	A loop type pattern in which the direction of flow is toward the index finger as it appears on the hand.
LOOP, ULNAR	A loop type pattern in which the direction of flow is toward the little finger as it appears on the hand.

MAINTENANCE DIAGNOSTICS ROUTINES	System diagnostic programs used to test equipment or the system for proper functioning and reliability.
MAINTENANCE SERVICE	The parts and services supplied by Vendor as required to maintain the equipment in good working order and to ensure that the equipment continues to satisfy all performance requirements.
MASTER FINGERPRINT FILE	Permanent collection of tenprint fingerprint cards, usually the first set received on a subject with an arrest record at the Central State Repository at the Department of Public Safety. This manual file is arranged by Henry Fingerprint Classification.
MATCHER	Special purpose processor that compares fingerprint topological features, e.g., minutia, and determines a list of probable candidates.
MATCHING PROCESS	Comparing a search print against file (database) prints and producing a candidate list with the highest matching scores.
MATCHING SCORE	The numerical result of comparing the features of two (2) fingerprints.
MATCHING SUBSYSTEM	An integrated group of hardware and software that allows the comparison of fingerprints.
MINUTIAE	A generic term for features of fingerprint images including ridge endings and bifurcations.
MINUTIAE DATA	Data representing minutiae extracted from fingerprint images.
MINUTIAE DETECTION	The process of analyzing and extracting minutiae from a fingerprint image.
MISS	Occurrence of a true match scoring below the numerical threshold separating match from mismatch. It is not recognized as a match candidate.

NIST	The National Institute of Standards and Technology.
NO HIT THRESHOLD SCORE	Score below which a candidate is considered not to match a submitted print.

OFFEROR	A vendor who responds to a request for proposal.
OPERATIONAL	A term that describes the state of the system when it is capable of processing transactions.
OPERATOR FUNCTIONS	Tasks or sets of tasks that require or allow human interaction with system processes.
OPERATIONAL USE TIME	The time during which the system is available for use. Synonymous with the term availability.
OPERATOR ID	An identifying code entered during identification log-on. It is used as a security measure.
OPTICAL DISC	A medium for the economical storage of very large quantities of image and/or demographic data.
ORI	Originating agency identifier. A nine alpha/numeric character identifier assigned by the FBI to a criminal justice agency that has met the established qualifying criteria for ORI assignment to identify the agency in transactions on the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) system and the ABC Criminal Justice Information System (ACJIS). DPS adds one additional alpha/numeric character (10^th) for use as “contributor” ORI number in AAFIS processing. ORI numbers are used also as a criminal justice agency identifiers in the ABC AFIS. See also “Pseudo-ORI.”

PATTERN TYPE	Classification given to a fingerprint denoting its primary characteristics (loop, whorl, arch, etc.).
PCN	Processing Control Number. An internally-assigned number that the AAFIS uses to track transactions or records within the system.
PERFORMANCE	A measurable attribute of the system, subsystem, or component normally associated with acceptance testing of the AFIS.
PERIPHERAL	Any device attached to a system through a direct local connection.
PERSONAL DESCRIPTIVES	Descriptive information appearing on a fingerprint card including name, sex, height, weight, eye and hair color, involvement type, and date of birth, etc.
PIXEL/PICTURE ELEMENT	A digitized representation of a fingerprint image consists of “pixels” or “picture elements.” These pixels are the numeric gray level representations of each element of the fingerprint image. When displayed on a monitor each pixel corresponds to a “dot” of varying intensity.
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE	Any task routinely performed as part of a scheduled program of maintenance designed to keep the system in proper operating condition.
PRINCIPAL PERIOD OF MAINTENANCE	The days of the week and the hours of the day that on-call remedial maintenance is provided under the terms and conditions of the equipment maintenance agreement.
PRIORITY	The executing sequence or precedence among jobs or tasks.
PROCESSING TIME	The actual time the system is operational and is being used to process work.
PURGING	The deletion of records from a database.

QUALITY CONTROL CHECKING

An examination of a tenprint record by an AAFIS operator to ensure that mandatory demographic information is on the tenprint card and has been correctly entered, along with pertinent image data, into the AAFIS databases. This examination may include confirmation of a “Hit” or “No-Hit” declared by another AAFIS operator.

Quality control checking will be conducted by the Central Site on all FAST site and Remote Terminal site tenprint submissions when AAFIS becomes operational and will continue until it is determined that a submitting ORI’s accuracy rate is 98 percent or more. At that time, quality control checking of that ORI’s tenprint submissions will be done only on a random sampling basis, unless the accuracy rate falls below 98 percent. In that event, the Central Site will be obligated to re institute quality control checking of all submissions until such time as the ongoing accuracy rate for that ORI again reaches 98 percent or better.

QUEUE

Input and output items waiting until processing can occur.

REINQUIRY		Searching a search print against the database again without having to re-encode the fingerprint data. See latent reinquiry and tenprint reinquiry.
REMEDIAL MAINTENANCE		Any task performed to remedy a malfunctioning system component.
REMOTE BOOKING TERMINAL SITE		An arrest booking facility that is equipped with a livescan device directly connected to the central AAFIS computer, or to the AAFIS equipment at a FAST site or Remote Terminal site, to electronically search fingerprint databases located at the central fingerprint repository.
	REMOTE TERMINAL SITE AGENCY	An approved law enforcement agency in any county that acquires its own fully compatible AAFIS equipment that is directly interconnected to the central site AAFIS computer at the Department of Public Safety. A Remote Terminal (RT) site agency has the same tenprint and latent print processing capability as a FAST site, but is required to pay all costs associated with AAFIS processing at the remote terminal site. A Remote Terminal site agency is responsible for entering and searching only its own agency’s tenprints and latent prints through the centralized AAFIS databases at the Department of Public Safety. At its option, with approval of the AAFIS System Manager, a Remote Terminal site agency may execute a formal intergovernmental agreement (IGA) to provide AAFIS services for another law enforcement agency. Except where specifically stated otherwise, the terms FULL ACCESS SYSTEM TERMINAL SITE AGENCY and REMOTE TERMINAL SITE AGENCY are interchangeable within this document with respect to requirements, workloads, throughputs, specifications, etc.
REVERSE VIDEO		When viewing images of data on a reverse field cathode-ray tube (CRT), the reversal of background and image. For purpose of clarifying the print impression for minutiae detection and verification, it is often necessary to reverse the black ridges on a white background to white ridges on a black background. See also “Color Reversal.”
ROLLED PRINT SUBSTITUTION		A user function that replaces one or more fingerprints on a card registered in a database with corresponding fingerprints from an input card.

SEARCH PRINT	The subject of a fingerprint inquiry. It is the fingerprint that will be compared against database prints. Also called input print.
SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION PRINTS	Fingerprints on a subject residing in the State of ABC who has registered as a convicted sex offender pursuant to ABC Revised Statute 00-0000.
SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION TRACKING (SORT)	The computerized database on the ABC Criminal Justice Information System network, housing demographic data on registered sex offenders in the State of ABC.
SCHEDULED DOWNTIME	Scheduled downtime is system downtime for preventative maintenance, software upgrades, hardware upgrade, etc. that cause the system to be unavailable for any processing. This downtime is scheduled prior to the beginning of each month and agreed to by both the VENDOR and DPS. If the downtime was not scheduled prior to the beginning of the month, it will be considered as downtime chargeable to system availability.
SID	State Identification Number.
SOFTWARE	The executable programs, routines, and subroutines of an AFIS. Includes operating system software and application programs.
SORT	Sex Offender Registration Tracking.
SORT	The sorting of any selected data in a database in a report in ascending order for management report purposes.
SPLIT SCREEN	A feature that allows the side by side display of two (2) fingerprint images.
STATE	The State of ABC, its agencies, officers, employees and/or consultants; also, throughout this request for proposal the term “the State” may refer to the ABC Department of Public Safety.
STATE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER	The alpha/numeric number assigned to an individual with an arrest record on file with the ABC Central State Repository that is supported by fingerprints.
SUBSTITUTION	The replacement of a single fingerprint with another.
SUBSYSTEM	An integrated functional group of end items that operate as a stand alone set of equipment.
SYSTEM	The total complement of Vendor subsystems, including software, support documents and central processor that comprises the AAFIS.

TENPRINT	A term that refers to any fingerprint card with up to ten fingerprints; also refers to a search of the database housing tenprint data in AFIS.
TENPRINT/IDENTIFICATION (TPID) DATABASE	A database that contains minutia data for only the two index fingers from tenprint records; it is used for quick searches to determine whether a newly input tenprint record corresponds to one that already exists.
TENPRINT/LATENT COGNIZANT (TPLC) DATABASE	A database that contains minutia data for all ten fingers from tenprint records; it is used to conduct all latent to tenprint and other, more extensive, searches.
TENPRINT RECORD	An electronic record derived from the images and alphanumeric data on a tenprint card or from live-scanned images.
TENPRINT/LATENT UNSOLVED SEARCH	A function that provides for the search of new tenprint impressions against the unsolved latent database.
TENPRINT DELETION	A user function that eliminates stored data for a specified tenprint card from the database.
TENPRINT REINQUIRY	A request of the AFIS to search its fingerprint database(s) again using data previously obtained from a tenprint. See reinquiry.
TENPRINT/TEN-PRINT SEARCH	The comparison of a new tenprint card to the rolled impressions in the AFIS databases.
TERMINAL	Device consisting of a display and keyboard through which an operator interacts with an AFIS.
TRACING	The interactive process provided in some systems of specifying the location of latent fingerprint minutiae and other features to improve readability.
TRANSACTION	An individually distinct input that is processed by user requested system functions.

UNIQUE IDENTIFYING NUMBER	A maximum of ten (10) alpha/numeric characters used for identification, i.e., local law enforcement case number, FBI number.
UNSOLVED LATENT DATABASE	Storage area for (unidentified) unsolved latent fingerprint data. It is used for matches against other latents and incoming tenprint records.
UNSOLVED LATENT (UL)	A latent fingerprint lifted from the scene of a crime that has been processed through AAFIS, but for which no identification has been made.
UPDATE	Change to data in a database.

VERIFICATION

The comparison of two (2) sets of fingerprint images to establish positively they are from the same individual.

WHORL, ACCIDENTAL	A pattern type consisting of a combination of two (2) different types of patterns, with the exception of the plain arch, with two (2) or more deltas; or a pattern that possesses some of the requirements for two (2) or more different types; or a pattern that conforms to none of the definitions.
WHORL, CENTRAL POCKET LOOP	A pattern that has two (2) deltas and at least one (1) ridge that makes or tends to make a complete circuit. The circuit may be spiral, oval, circular, or any variant of a circle. An imaginary line drawn between the two (2) deltas must not touch or cross any recurving ridges within the inner pattern area. A recurring ridge, however, that has an appendage connected with it in the line of flow and on the delta side cannot be construed as a circuit. An appendage connected at that point is considered to spoil the recurve on that side.
WHORL, DOUBLE LOOP	A pattern consisting of two (2) separate loop formations with two (2) separate and distinct sets of shoulders, and two (2) deltas.
WHORL, PLAIN	The “plain whorl” consists of the simplest form of whorl construction and is the most common of the whorl subdivisions. It is designated by the symbol “W” for both general classification and extension purposes. The plain whorl has two deltas and at least one ridge making a complete circuit, that may be spiral, oval, circular, or any variant of a circle. An imaginary line drawn between the two deltas must touch or cross at least one of the recurving ridges within the pattern area. A recurving ridge, however, that has an appendage connected with it in the line of flow cannot be construed as a circuit. An appendage connected at that point is considered to spoil the recurve on that side.
WORKSTATION	The set of equipment components used by an AFIS operator for the acquisition, encoding, and comparison of image and textual data. A physical area in which are performed operator (person) related tasks, e.g., inquiry, data entry, and verification.

For more definitions of the fingerprint categories, terms, and abbreviations used in this document, please refer to the American National Standard for Forensic Identification—Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems—Glossary of Terms and Acronyms, International Association for Identification, Alameda, California, 94501-2423.

1.6 Applicable References

The following sources were used to compile the requirements contained in this specification:

· ABC Department of Public Safety Request for Proposal for an Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) - RFP #00000

· Amendments 01 - 04 to the ABC Department of Public Safety Request for Proposal for an Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AAFIS)

· ABC AFIS Advisory Board Resolution dated Month Day, Year

· Response to the RFP and Addendums (Vendor Proposals)

· Technical discussions between DPS and Vendor personnel

· ANSI/NIST-NCSL 1-199X Standard

1.7 Use of Shall, Will, Must, Should, and May

For the purposes of this document, the words shall, will and must are used to express a provision that is binding. Should and may are used to express non-mandatory provisions.

1.8 Work Requirements

VENDOR shall furnish all equipment, software, material, services, cabling, wiring and install and maintain an operational automated fingerprinting system in accordance with the paragraphs incorporated herein.

2. System Functionality

2.1 AAFIS Overview and Operational Concept

2.1.1 AAFIS Overview

2.1.1.1 The ABC Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AAFIS) shall be comprised of a central fingerprint repository within the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and two Full Access System Terminal (FAST) sites, pursuant to ABC Revised Statute 41-2411, and five Remote Terminal (RT) sites. One FAST site will be at the ABC County Sheriff’s Office, and the other FAST site will be at the GHI Police Department in DEF County. The XYZ Police Department, the XYZ Police Department, the ABC Police Department, the DEF Police Department and the GHI Police Department will be the initial Remote Terminal (RT) site agencies. As needs are identified, Remote Terminal sites will be authorized for other law enforcement agencies within the state.

2.1.1.2 FAST site agencies will provide AAFIS access services for all other law enforcement agencies (except Remote Terminal site agencies) within their respective counties. AAFIS processing for agencies that are not designated as FAST sites or Remote Terminal sites will be provided by the Department of Public Safety. Additionally, the Department of Public Safety will provide a quality control function on remote FAST site and Remote Terminal site AAFIS processes, by reverifying a certain number of tenprints processed by the FAST sites and Remote Terminal sites.

2.1.1.3 It is desired that remote, direct livescan devices will eventually tie at least one remote booking terminal site in each county to AAFIS. The livescan devices at these sites will permit an arrest booking facility to electronically transmit fingerprint information directly - or via a FAST or RT site - to the centralized AAFIS databases at the Department of Public Safety.

2.1.1.4 System design plans also specify that the ABC Computerized Criminal History (ACCH) database on the ABC Criminal Justice Information System (ACJIS) network will be automatically updated when arrest fingerprint information is transmitted to the central fingerprint repository.

2.1.1.5 The system shall include hardware, software, and services necessary to support the ABC AFIS as described in this User Requirements Specification.

2.1.1.6 The Department of Public Safety is also interested in establishing communications to the Western Identification Network (WIN) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Integrated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). It is also highly probable that additional ABC law enforcement agencies will be purchasing AFIS equipment within the next few years.

2.1.2 AAFIS Operational Concept

2.1.2.1 Central Site

2.1.2.1.1 The purpose of this section is to describe the processes currently used to meet the-fingerprint identification responsibilities of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division and the Latent Print Unit within the ABC Department of Public Safety. The Criminal Justice Information Services Division is responsible for collection, storage and dissemination of criminal history record information in ABC. The Fingerprint Unit within the Criminal Justice Information Services Division has the responsibility for fingerprint identifications and verifications. The Latent Print Unit within the Scientific Analysis Division of the ABC Department of Public Safety has the responsibility of providing latent print services as an investigative aid for suspect identification.

2.1.2.1.2 The Criminal Justice Information Services Division serves as the central state repository of fingerprint-based criminal record information in ABC. The Department of Public Safety is required by legislative mandate (ABC Revised Statute 41-1750) to maintain information relative to arrests and convictions of individuals who come in contact with the ABC criminal justice system. Additionally, fingerprint cards are processed by the Department of Public Safety for authorized agencies that require criminal history information for noncriminal justice licensing and employment purposes.

2.1.2.1.3 It is the Criminal Justice Information Services Division’s responsibility to collect, store, and maintain manual and computerized ABC offender files. Arrest records are established and appended on the basis of fingerprints received.

2.1.2.1.4 The Criminal Justice Information Services Division is also responsible for the entry of manual records into the ABC Computerized Criminal History (ACCH) file. The ACCH database is a computer file within the ABC Criminal Justice Information System (ACJIS) network that electronically stores offender record information. Original source documents are maintained in manual file folders that also serve as backup to the computerized files. The Criminal Justice Information Services Division is responsible for maintaining and updating both automated and manual offender files.

2.1.2.1.5 The Fingerprint Unit has primary responsibility for identification of persons through fingerprints. ABC criminal justice agencies and other authorized agencies submit criminal and/or noncriminal fingerprint documents that are manually fingerprint searched and/or verified against previously submitted fingerprints maintained within the Department of Public Safety fingerprint file or offender file folder.

2.1.2.1.6 The Latent Print Unit within the Scientific Analysis Division provides latent print comparison and related services to medical examiners, courts, law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies of ABC. Analysis of physical evidence and latent print examinations (known and unknown suspects) are conducted in four regional laboratories located in ABC, DEF, GHI, and JKL. The Latent Print Unit, within the Department of Public Safety, will provide AAFIS latent print services for law enforcement agencies outside of ABC County and DEF counties.

2.1.2.2 Remote FAST Sites

The purpose of this section is to describe the processes currently used to meet the fingerprint identification responsibilities of the identification section of a FAST site. The identification section is responsible for fingerprint identification and verification as it relates to the subject’s identification. The section also has the responsibility for providing latent print services as an investigative aid for suspect identification.

The identification section has primary responsibility for identification of persons through fingerprints. Fingerprints of persons booked at the FAST site and noncriminal fingerprint documents that are submitted to the section are manually fingerprint classed, searched and/or verified against previously submitted fingerprints maintained within the master fingerprint file or the offender file jacket.

The identification section provides latent print comparison and related services to the medical examiners, courts, law enforcement and criminal justice agencies in the jurisdiction of the FAST site and ABC. Analysis of physical evidence and latent print examinations (known or unknown suspect) are conducted by the section.

The ABC County Sheriff’s Office will operate as the remote FAST site, providing latent print services for law enforcement agencies within ABC County.

The DEF Police Department will operate as the remote FAST site, providing AAFIS latent services for law enforcement agencies within DEF County.

2.1.2.3 Remote Terminal (RT) Sites

The identification and latent sections of Remote Terminal (RT) sites have the same responsibilities as those of the FAST sites.

2.2 AAFIS Operational Workweek

2.2.1 Hours of Operation – Tenprints

2.2.1.1 Central Site – Department of Public Safety Fingerprint Unit; seven (7) days per week; ten (10) hours per day (0700 hours - 1700 hours).

2.2.1.2 FAST site – ABC County Sheriff’s Office; seven (7) days per week; ten (10) hours per day (0700 hours - 1700 hours).

2.2.1.3 FAST site –DEF Police Department; seven (7) days per week; ten (10) hours per day (0700 hours - 1700 hours).

2.2.2 Hours of Operation – Latent Prints

2.2.2.1 Central Site – Department of Public Safety Latent Print Unit; seven (7) days per week; sixteen (16) hours per day (0700 hours - 2300 hours).

2.2.2.2 FAST site – ABC County Sheriff’s Office; seven (7) days per week; sixteen (16) hours per day (0700 hours - 2300 hours).

2.2.2.3 FAST site – DEF Police Department; seven (7) days per week; sixteen (16) hours per day (0700 hours - 2300 hours).

2.3 External Interfaces

Regarding the issue of interface/connectivity, as stated in paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 below. The central AAFIS must be provided with the capability to prioritize and/or queue and reinitiate the incoming transactions in order to control resource utilization. All interfacing shall be in full compliance with the American National Standard ANSI/NIST-CSL 1-199X (as defined in the National Institute of Standards and Technology document NIST-CSL 1-921901, “Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint Information” and the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Electronic Fingerprint Transmission Specification document IAFIS-IC-0010 (V2), and shall be capable of being modified at little or no cost to the state to comply with subsequent approved revisions to these standards.

2.3.1 Western Identification Network (WIN)

Connectivity with the WIN, NEC AFIS System is required. Connectivity is defined as, when directed by the AAFIS operator, and upon completion of a search within the ABC AFIS system, a search is continued within the WIN AFIS System without additional manual duplication of process. The search results shall be returned to the appropriate AAFIS search result queue(s).

2.3.2 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Connectivity with the FBI IAFIS system is required. Connectivity is defined as, when directed by the AAFIS operator, and upon completion of a search within the ABC AFIS system, a search is continued within the FBI AFIS system without additional manual duplication of process. The search results shall be returned to the appropriate AAFIS search result queue(s).

2.3.3 ABC Computerized Criminal History (ACCH) Database

2.3.3.1 Connectivity with ACCH on the ACJIS network is required. The specified method shall offer the capability of effecting the interface without multiple entries of the same data by the operator.

2.3.3.2 Connectivity with ACCH on the ACJIS network must be fully operational at the time of the System Acceptance Test.

2.4 AAFIS Processing

2.4.1 General AAFIS Requirements

2.4.1.1 The system shall have a built-in image enhancement feature that includes the capability of operator-selected enlargements.

2.4.1.2 The system shall be capable of operating unattended so that previously encoded prints may be run automatically with no operator presence required.

2.4.1.3 The viewing screen shall have split record screen capabilities.

2.4.1.4 Tenprint and latent print records shall be on-line with direct access, eliminating manual loading of file volumes. The hardware shall be capable of being located separate from the input monitor and latent inquiry consoles, having its own environment according to appropriate specifications.

2.4.1.5 The system shall be capable of generating and scanning personal automated assigned identification numbers for each tenprint.

2.4.1.6 The software shall be able to sort by operator selected demographic data, (SID number, or AAFIS Record Number; sex code, date of birth, print type, name, contributor ORI number, other unique number (local, FBI, DOC, etc.), class of crime, lift number, date of crime, agency case number, AAFIS processing identifying number, operator identification number).

2.4.1.7 A rating scheme for tenprint quality shall be provided.

2.4.1.8 The system shall cause a print to be flagged as “needs quality control” when the system image processor subsystem determines that the image is below a default threshold; this threshold can be adjusted by the System Administrator.

2.4.1.9 The Latent Print Unit (Central Site), FAST sites and Remote Terminal sites must have the capability to initiate tenprint searches for identification purposes.

2.4.2 System Databases

2.4.2.1 The databases shall provide on-line direct access to the fingerprint cards and latent prints. Single image storage and indexing shall be provided by unique identification number and finger/lift number.

2.4.2.2 The system shall store both tenprint and latent case data, including:

· Images stored in compressed format with up to 256 levels of gray and a decompressed image size of 512 x 512 elements with a resolution of 520 elements per inch

· Minutiae used for searching

· Alphanumeric data, including demographics and search criteria and free text area

· Cards will be stored with up to nine unreadable fingers. Such cards will not degrade search performance unless both index fingers are bandaged and/or missing

2.4.2.3 Tenprint card data, consisting of criminal cards and non-criminal cards, shall originate from both the converted tenprint card database and operator input on the XL system. Latent case data shall be originated by operators on the XL system.

2.4.3 Record Modification and Purge

The AAFIS will track the history of records within the AAFIS databases. Data that will be tracked for all records includes id of operator who created the record, date of creation, id of operator(s) who modified the record, and date(s) of record modification.

2.4.3.1 Record Modification of Tenprints

The software shall be able to purge the database by unique identification numbers, tenprint card type, and/or tenprint card type and date of birth, and/or tenprint card type and age of record, and have the capability to provide off-line storage of purged records. The central site for tenprint operations at the Criminal Justice Information Services Division shall be the sole entity capable of purging records in the ABC AFIS. An exception is that latent operations at all sites can purge latent prints if they are the contributing ORI of the latent case. Any AAFIS site operator shall be able to select records for a report of purged records.

2.4.3.2 Record Modification of Latent Prints

The software shall be able to purge latent prints from the database using the following demographic data as search arguments:

ORI Number –	Removes all latents with an ORI number equal to the search argument ORI Number entered.
Agency Case –	Removes all latents with an Agency Case Number equal to the search argument Agency Case Number entered.
Agency Case Number and Lift Number –	Removes all latents with an Agency Case Number and a Lift Number that are both equal to the search argument Agency Case Number entered and Lift Number entered.
Crime Class and Date of Crime	Removes all latents with a Crime Class equal to the search argument Crime Class whenever the latent’s Date of Crime is prior to the search argument Date of Crime entered.

(Note: Date of Crime should include century indicator.)

2.4.3.3 On-Line Confirmation

On-line confirmation prompts shall be used in file updating or deleting records whereby the terminal operator is required to confirm the requested update or deletion is desired.

2.4.3.4 ADPS Latent Validation

The ABC Department of Public Safety, as system manager, will conduct a validation program on AAFIS latent print records. Latent records will be removed from the system by the Department of Public Safety when:

Identification is made;

The record is no longer valid;

The contributor fails to validate the record; or

Priority for retention changes occur.

2.4.3.5 Latent Entry Constraints

Major contributors may have additional constraints placed upon them regarding latent entry based on volume capacity in the unsolved latent database.

2.4.4 Tenprint Processing

The AAFIS will process criminal and noncriminal arrest tenprint card identifications at the Central Site (Tenprint Operations), at FAST sites, and at Remote Terminal (RT) sites. Tenprint processing at RT and FAST sites will be the same. The Central Site tenprint operations will differ slightly from that of RT or FAST site processing.

2.4.4.1 RT Site and FAST Site Tenprint Processing

RT and FAST sites will process tenprints in the same manner. As a general overview, the processing logic will cover the following steps; 1) the tenprint card will be received at the RT or FAST site; 2) the card will be checked to determine if the AAFIS required data is written on the card; 3) the card will be input into AAFIS via a Full-Function Workstation (WSF) – both demographic and image data necessary for a tenprint-to-tenprint (TP/TPID SEARCH or “technical” search) will be entered at this point; 4) upon completion of data entry, the AAFIS will automatically initiate a TP/TPID SEARCH—the TP/TPID SEARCH may result in a “NO CANDIDATES FOUND” message or a candidate list; and, 5) if the system TP/TPID SEARCH is verified as “no-hit” or the TP/TPID SEARCH results in “NO CANDIDATES FOUND,” the system will automatically initiate a TP/USL search. Tenprint to Unsolved Latent processing requests will also be initiated by the RT and FAST site workstations.

Wherever the term “contributing ORI” is used in this User Requirements Specification, it shall be understood to include those agencies that have signed an AAFIS FAST Site User Agreement authorizing the ABC Department of Public Safety or a FAST site to perform AAFIS transactions on their behalf.

Diagram 2.4.4.1.1 (RT Site and FAST Site Tenprint Processing Logic) and Diagram 2.4.4.1.2 (RT Site and FAST Site Tenprint to Unsolved Latent Processing Logic) illustrate the FAST and RT processing logic that is expected of the AAFIS.

Diagram 2.4.4.1.1: RT Site and FAST Site
Tenprint Processing Logic

Diagram 2.4.4.1.2: RT Site and FAST Site
Tenprint to Unsolved Latent Processing Logic

2.4.4.2 Central Site Tenprint Processing

Central Site tenprint processing is nearly identical to RT site and FAST site tenprint processing. The following points highlight the additional processing that will take place as a result of tenprint processing requests from the Central Site:

Tenprint verification lists are immediately queued for second verification at the Central Site[1]

Diagram 2.4.4.2.1: Central Site Tenprint Processing Logic

Diagram 2.4.4.2.2: Central Site Tenprint
to Unsolved Latent Processing Logic

2.4.4.3 General Tenprint Processing Requirements

2.4.4.3.1 The system shall be capable of operator assisted encoding of minutiae to process inked fingerprints.

2.4.4.3.2 The system shall be capable of providing (via video terminal display and printer hard copy) a list of respondents ranked by a threshold scoring system in descending order of probability of the correct match for both latent and tenprint searches. The system shall also have the capability to utilize a threshold scoring system.

2.4.4.3.3 All workstations shall have the capability of receiving a list of match candidates via video display terminal with the capability of producing hard copy for manual verification.

2.4.4.3.4 The system shall be capable of adding new records and changing pertinent data (including addition of a SID number) within the tenprint records . Records entered by the central site, a FAST site, or a Remote Terminal site shall become immediately available for subsequent searches and verifications by ABC AFIS sites.

2.4.4.3.5 When FAST or Remote Terminal records are transmitted to the central site AAFIS, the data is to be stored temporarily in the permanent tenprint database with a flag to indicate that the data requires quality control checking by the central site tenprint operations personnel. This data is considered incomplete until the quality control function is done, upon receipt of the tenprint card. The temporarily stored remote entry data will be purged automatically if the tenprint card is not received for the quality control check at the AAFIS Central site after thirty (30) days of the system record entry.

2.4.4.3.6 The system shall be able to select the best quality print for each individual in situations where duplicate records exist and, on operator intervention, substitute that print/card.

2.4.4.3.7 During a record addition into the ABC AFIS, an automated quality check is required of the system. A flag is to be set for any finger(s) not meeting the established criteria. A record is to be automatically put in a quality control queue if any fingers are flagged and the contributing operator will periodically check the status of the poor quality print queue.

2.4.4.3.8 The system is to be capable of replacing one (1), or any number of individual fingerprint images on the subject, if another tenprint card is available for the subject.

2.4.4.3.9 The system is to provide, upon request by the operator, an on screen print image of any previously maintained print that was replaced.

2.4.4.3.10 The system shall provide the capability to change search parameters, such as; priority and pattern, and reinitiate a search of the tenprint file without rereading the card.

2.4.4.3.11 The system shall allow cancellation of a search transaction from the search queue, or to delete search results awaiting verification.

2.4.4.3.12 The system shall provide the ability to request a finger image display by SID number, unique AAFIS Record Number, or internal PCN. Selection by finger number within the SID number, or by finger number within the AAFIS Record Number, or PCN is also required.

2.4.4.3.13 The system shall allow operators to review tenprint inquiry results on a verification screen by either requesting “next result” or requesting the results of a specific candidate.

2.4.4.3.14 All tenprints will be searched against the tenprint database. All “no matches” will be searched against the unsolved latent print database, automatically launched, for off-line search, resulting in an on-line response. The system shall provide the capability to make an inquiry (search) of the unsolved latent database, whenever a record is added to the databases.

2.4.4.3.15 The system shall have the capability to allow the operator upon request to search a primary and/or secondary pattern type for search.

2.4.4.3.16 Vendor shall establish an automated interface between the AAFIS and the ACCH database within the ACJIS network. The ACCH database environment consists of an HDS EX/80 running ADABAS. Software protocols include CICS/VS, MVS/XA, ACF/NCP, and SNA 3270/SDLC.

2.4.4.3.17 The SID in each AAFIS record will provide a path to the print subject’s identity, description, and criminal history records contained in the ACCH database. For new print activity after the implementation of the ABC AFIS, Department of Public Safety procedures will require a print search and verification of identity prior to indexing the subject into the ACCH database as an arrested person entry. If no match is found, it also indicates that the print subject has not been indexed into the ACCH database. If no match is found and the print subject is an arrested person, the print subject is indexed with the SID assigned by the ABC AFIS. The prints can now be registered into the AAFIS with the proper SID as a primary key for ACCH access and as a secondary key for AAFIS access. The print cards for post AAFIS subjects will be stored in ascending order by SID number and the Henry class codes will no longer be used.

2.4.4.3.18 If in the above situation the subject was a noncriminal entry the same procedure will apply except that the ABC AFIS will assign a unique AAFIS Record Number instead of a SID number.

2.4.4.3.19 The system shall be capable of performing a batch TP/TPID search, consisting of a TP permanent record extraction followed by a search.

2.4.4.4 Record Identification Number

There will be three (3) types of unique record identification numbers (AAFIS Record Number, SID Number, and PCN) that will be used within the AAFIS to designate a specific tenprint record. These three types of (unique) numbers will be used to track different types of records as follows:

AAFIS-Only Tenprint Record

ACCH-Tracked Criminal Card

AAFIS Record Number

PCN

AAFIS Record Number

SID Number

PCN

2.4.4.5 Tenprint Throughput

The system shall be capable of processing the tenprint operations throughput as specified below:

Workload Per Site
	TP Input	Quality Check	TP/TP Ver	TP/UL View	QC
Central	578	247	578	555	83
ABC	9		9	9	2
DEF	12		12	12	2
GHI	82		82	79	12
JKL	12		12	12	2
MNO	9		9	9	2
PQR	66		66	64	10
STU	58		58	56	9
Totals:	826	247	826	796	122

2.4.4.6 Tenprint Data Element Description

In addition to any internal Vendor required data elements such as a PCN, at least the following elements shall be stored as part of the AAFIS record:

a. State Identification Number(SID): Ten (10) characters alpha/numeric; or, if not an arrest, AAFIS Record Number (AAFIS computer generated): Ten (10) characters alpha/numeric;

b. Sex Code: One (1) alpha/numeric character (F or M);

c. Date of Birth: Eight (8) numeric characters; CCYYMMDD (Century/Year/Month/Day);

d. Print type: Up to two (2) alpha characters to indicate type of print document (i.e., juvenile,[2] suspect, applicant, ACCH arrest, ACCH non-arrest, etc.);

e. Name: Up to thirty (30) characters; last name, first name, middle name.

f. Contributor ORI#: Nine (9) alpha/numeric characters; valid Department of Public Safety assigned number identifying the contributing agency.

g. Other unique #: Up to fifteen (15) alpha/numeric characters (i.e., local, FBI, Department of Corrections (DOC), etc.).

h. Fingerprint images: A representative reproduction of an actual fingerprint.

i. Operator ID#: AAFIS operator identification number; up to five (5) alpha/numeric characters (system generated).

j. Class of Crime: Four (4) numeric characters; must be code used by FBI - uniform offense classification (NCIC code).

k. PCN

l. Year of Birth (YOB): Four (4) numeric characters; CCYY (Century/Year).

m. Agency Code.

The following data will be sent to ACCH (if the tenprint transaction deals with an ACCH-retainable arrest):

n. Date Of Arrest (DOA): Eight (8) numeric characters; CCYYMMDD (Century/Year/Month/Day).

o. Originating Case number (OCA): Fifteen (15) characters (arresting agency case number)

p. Felony Arrest Indicator: One (1) character (F-elony or M-isdemeanor)

2.4.4.7 Data and Image Entry for TP/TPID Search

2.4.4.7.1 For tenprint entry, from an authorized workstation, the system shall:

· Allow the operator to enter alphanumeric data, and selected search criteria

· Encode tenprints automatically

2.4.4.7.2 To maximize the probability of matching newly-input tenprints, the system shall provide on-screen editing tools to assist with image entry. The operator shall be given the option to abort an acquisition prior to completion. The operator will also be able to select the following search control parameters: threshold on or threshold off with candidate list length, and search priority.

2.4.4.7.3 It shall be possible to acquire and search tenprint images from live-scan devices, photocopies, photographs and Group III or better facsimile.

2.4.4.7.4 The State of ABC’s AFIS shall be an operator interactive system for searching tenprints against the existing database of tenprint cards on file. The system shall provide a list of subjects based upon print minutiae and operator selected descriptors, listing the respondents in order of decreasing probability of match. The AAFIS shall be capable of handling the present workload and anticipated expansion without the redesign or replacement of the proposed hardware/software units.

2.4.4.7.5 Tenprint examiners, when requesting a tenprint inquiry, shall be able to specify the number of candidate images to be returned or turn on the “” threshold feature. If these options are not specified, the system shall use default values.

2.4.4.7.6 The search results shall be stored, protected, and available for initial verification at the submitting ORI for a period of not less than 96 hours from time of search initiation. In addition, the search results shall be stored, protected, and available for a second verification at the central site for a period of not less than 30 days from the time of search initiation.

2.4.4.7.7 The system shall provide the ability to request a finger image display by SID number, AAFIS Record Number or AAFIS PCN plus finger number.

2.4.4.8 TP/USL Search Initiation

All tenprint record search “no matches” will be searched against the unsolved latent print database, automatically launched, for off-line search, resulting in an on-line response. Also, whenever a tenprint record is added to the database, the system shall provide the operator with an option to search the unsolved latent database. If a search of the unsolved latent database is performed, the system will search every finger of the tenprint card against the unsolved latent database.

2.4.4.9 Tenprint Record Deletion and Retrieval

2.4.4.9.1 Deletion by SID Number, and/or AAFIS Record Number

From an authorized workstation, the operator shall be able to purge tenprint records, individually or in batches, from the database by specifying the SID or AAFIS Record Number(s). The system shall prompt the operator for confirmation of the purge. The system shall provide a means to identify SIDs by query of the tenprint database with data element delimiters.

2.4.4.9.2 Record Retrieval

From an authorized workstation, the system shall provide the ability to request a single finger image display at any workstation by SID and finger number without conducting a search. All tenprint finger images will be obtainable by requesting and displaying each of the fingers individually.

2.4.4.10 TP/TPID Search and Match Verification

2.4.4.10.1 After the operator enters a tenprint, the system shall initiate a search in which the two index fingers are compared to the two-finger tenprint records of known individuals in the tenprint database. The system shall permit entry of search criteria to reduce the database search.

2.4.4.10.2 If the system produces candidates from the search, they will be consolidated and placed in a queue for verification. If the operator verifies an Identification, all images from the identified tenprint record may be searched against the unsolved latent database to detect if other unsolved crimes are linked to the identified individual.

2.4.4.10.3 If the system does not detect a potential match (all fingerprint comparisons yield match probabilities that fall below the system threshold), or if the system detects a match but the operator does not verify an Identification, the tenprint record shall be treated as a new entry. The operator shall then be able to insert the record into the two-finger tenprint identification database and the ten-finger latent cognizant database. In addition, unless prevented by the operator, the system will automatically initiate a tenprint to unsolved latent search.

2.4.4.10.4 It shall be possible to modify search elements and relaunch a TP/TPID search without re-scanning the finger images from the tenprint card.

2.4.4.10.5 The software shall be able to produce an image of a tenprint finger and simultaneously an image of a single fingerprint of a matched subject. The image shall be of clear and readable quality, and include other pertinent demographic data so that a technician/examiner may decide whether or not there is an identification.

2.4.4.10.6 The software shall be able to generate an image on the terminal of any one (1) or all of the images on a tenprint card upon operator request. The image shall be clear and readable, so that a technician/examiner may identify minutiae and other pertinent data.

2.4.4.10.7 When all tenprint candidate list scores are below the tenprint “no-hit” threshold score, a “no-hit” response shall be provided to the verification screen.

2.4.4.10.8 Verification terminals shall have zoom capability on fingerprint images.

2.4.4.10.9 Search parameters shall be a part of the search response.

2.4.4.10.10 The system shall have the capability to produce hard-copy image no smaller than the actual size print maintained in the ABC AFIS (candidate print) and the search print.

2.4.4.10.11 Requests for an image by specifying a name, or an AAFIS PCN or SID number, or AAFIS Record Number, case number, or case number and latent lift number, and having that image routed to a screen or printer without conducting a search shall be provided.

2.4.4.10.12 The system must use a threshold score for producing candidate lists as a result of tenprint searching. When candidate list scores are below the “no hit” threshold score, a “no hit” response shall be provided to the verification screen. The system shall have the capability to use different threshold scores for each type of search; these threshold values will be set by a VENDOR system technician.

2.4.4.11 TP/TPID Central Site Validation

2.4.4.11.1 Tenprint Verification of FAST or Remote Terminal sites’ identification:

The Central Site will verify tenprint processing done at FAST or Remote Terminal sites as a quality control measure. Tenprints searched by FAST or Remote Terminal sites that result in either an identification or a non-identification will be verified by the Central Site operator, upon receipt of the cards, by requesting the system to bring up the candidate list (with images) that the FAST or Remote Terminal site operator previously verified as an identification or non-identification in AAFIS.

2.4.4.11.2 Batch Processing of FAST or Remote Terminal sites’ verifications:

The Central Site System Administrator will have the capability to instruct the AAFIS to mark all FAST or Remote Terminal sites’ verifications as “Verified” (i.e., the second-step verification check will be marked as “Verified”).

2.4.4.11.3 The AAFIS will not add a tenprint record permanently into the database until the Central Site operator has made the second validation. In any case, the record will be available for searching after the record has been initially verified as a “No-Hit” and added to the database.

2.4.4.11.4 The system requirement for a second validation of the TP/TPID results by a Central Site operator may be “turned off” by the AAFIS System Administrator for any ORI. This feature will be used to eliminate the need to perform a second verification of TP/TPID candidate lists from those ORI’s that, by virtue of past performance and in the opinion of the System Administrator, have been consistent and accurate in their evaluation of candidate list results.

2.4.4.11.5 During the second TP/TPID verification process, it shall be possible for the Central Site operator to change demographic information and relaunch the TP/TPID search.

2.4.4.11.6 The outcome of the verification of each candidate by the initial operator and any operator performing a second verification (or VALIDATION) will be automatically recorded by the system. All decisions will be logged into the database management system and will be available for reports and/or statistics tracked by the system.

2.4.4.12 Single Finger Image Substitution

2.4.4.12.1 If the tenprint/tenprint search produces candidates, they shall be consolidated and queued for verification. If the operator verifies an Identification and the tenprint record that was marked as an “Identification” has fingers that are of poor quality, the searched tenprint record shall be completely coded and, if the new finger records are of better quality than the “old” tenprint record, finger images from the new record will be substituted for corresponding finger images in the old tenprint record. If a Non-identification is declared, the tenprint search record will be queued for possible addition to the permanent tenprint database.

2.4.4.12.2 Updates of individual prints will be tracked automatically to enable the former (replaced) prints to be reinstated at a later date if necessary.

2.4.4.13` TP/USL Verification

2.4.4.13.1 If the tenprint/unsolved latent search produces candidates, they shall be consolidated and queued for verification.

2.4.4.13.2 If the tenprint/unsolved latent search produces candidates, the candidate list(s) will be processed as follows;

a. The TP/USL candidate list will be queued and made available to the ORI that launched the TP/USL search.

b. The operator(s) at the ORI that launched the TP/USL search will view the TP/USL candidate list(s). All TP/USL search finger records and corresponding USL “Hit” records will be made available to the ORI(s) that contributed the USL data Unless prevented by the operator from the ORI that launched the TP/USL search.[3] If the operator at the ORI that launched the TP/USL search does not want the ORI-contributing agency to be aware of the “Hit,” the TP/USL search operator will mark all candidates as “No-Hit” (in order to keep all USL records in the USL database) and mark the TP/USL candidate list as “VERIFICATION COMPLETE.” When the verification candidate is marked as completed, the candidate list will be discarded by the system.

c. If the operator at the ORI that “contributed” the USL verifies a TP/USL “Hit,” the unsolved latent file print shall be “solved” and deleted.

2.4.4.13.3 If the tenprint/unsolved latent search produces candidates, and an ORI latent print examiner (from the USL-contributing ORI) indicates that there is a “Hit,” a notification of the “Hit” will automatically be sent to the ORI that submitted the tenprint for the TP/USL search.

2.4.5 Latent Processing

2.4.5.1 General Latent Processing Requirements

2.4.5.1.1 The system shall be capable of operator assisted encoding of minutiae to process inked fingerprints.

2.4.5.1.2 The system shall be capable of providing (via video terminal display and printer hard copy) a list of respondents ranked by a threshold scoring system in descending order of probability of the correct match for latent searches. The system shall also have the capability to utilize a threshold scoring system.

2.4.5.1.3 All workstations shall have the capability of receiving a list of match candidates via video display terminal with the capability of producing hard copy for manual verification.

2.4.5.1.4 The system shall be capable of adding new records and changing pertinent data within the latent case records. Records entered by a FAST or Remote Terminal site shall become immediately available for subsequent searches and verifications by all ABC AFIS sites.

2.4.5.1.5 The system shall provide the capability to change search parameters, such as; priority and/or pattern, and reinitiate a search of the tenprint latent cognizant file without rereading the latent.

2.4.5.1.6 The system shall allow cancellation of a search transaction from the search queue, or to delete search results awaiting verification.

2.4.5.1.7 The system shall provide the ability to request an unsolved latent image display by ORI# + case number + Lift# or PCN plus finger number..

2.4.5.1.8 The system shall allow operators to review latent search results on a verification screen by either requesting “next result” or requesting the results of a specific candidate.

2.4.5.1.9 The system shall provide the capability to make an inquiry (search) of the unsolved latent database, whenever a latent record is added to the databases.

2.4.5.1.10 The system shall have the capability to allow the operator, upon request, to search a primary and/or secondary pattern type for search.

2.4.5.1.11 Wherever the term “contributing ORI” is used in this User Requirements Specification, it shall be understood to include those agencies that have signed an AAFIS FAST Site User Agreement authorizing the ABC Department of Public Safety or a FAST site to perform AAFIS transactions on their behalf.

2.4.5.2 Latent Data Element Description

In addition to any internal Vendor required data elements, at least the following elements shall be stored as part of the AAFIS record:

a. Contributor ORI#: Nine (9) alpha/numeric characters; valid Department of Public Safety assigned number identifying the contributing agency.

b. Class of crime: Four (4) numeric characters; must be code used by FBI - uniform offense classification.

c. Fingerprint images: A representative reproduction of an actual fingerprint.

d. Lift #: Up to two (2) alpha/numeric characters to identify the lift number with a maximum of twenty five (25) lifts per case.

e. Date of crime: Eight (8) numeric characters to indicate the century/month/day/year the crime took place.

f. Agency case number: Up to fourteen (14) alpha/numeric characters.

g. Operator ID#: AAFIS operator identification number; up to five (5) alpha/numeric characters (system generated).

The Contributor ORI#, Agency Case #, and Lift # will define a particular latent within the Unsolved Latent database; these numbers, displayed in the above order, will be printed on the candidate list.

2.4.5.3 Data and Image Entry for LT/TPLC Search (Authorized Central, FAST, or Remote Terminal AAFIS Workstations)

2.4.5.3.1 For latent case entry, from an a