The East Shore criminal justice (CJ) automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) serves police and other criminal justice, arresting and correctional agencies. Arresting and police agencies typically process both ten print fingerprint input and forensic / latent crime scene fingerprint marks. A criminal justice fingerprint identification system provides the ability to scan a ten print card (arrest card or otherwise) and capture the fingerprint images from the card (or from a live finger scan device). Textual data is keyed as a text entry process. The purpose of entering the ten fingers and other data to the system is to determine if the person represented by the fingerprints has had prior contact with the criminal justice fingerprint identification system.If there is no fingerprint match, the record, based on type, can be automatically added to the database. That record will then be available within the database for any future ten print or latent search.If a possible ten print match is detected, the matching prints are displayed to a fingerprint technician to determine positive identification. If the ID comparison results in a match, appropriate action based on the identification can be taken.A latent (or crime scene mark) print will be scanned into the system. Workstation image enhancement features / tools assist the operator in reviewing the print, entering the print image and related data into the system. The entered latent is then searched against the ten print database to determine any possible identification against the latent.Other than ten print/ten print, ten print/latent, latent/latent and latent/ten print searching, the criminal justice fingerprint identification system may include a page link to systems such as a name search or a wanted search (providing finger image comparison) or may be linked to a criminal history system.AFIS is a statewide, automated fingerprint identification system, which is integrated with mugshot and computerized criminal history (CCH) information.The goal of this system is to provide real time identification of individuals at the time of booking, resulting in timely updates to the state's CCH, mugshot and fingerprint databases. All of this is accomplished in a paperless environment.The Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information provides operational management and technical assistance to the users of the system in addition to ensuring system operational compliance and quality control.