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an emergency have been outfitted with Personnel Protective Equipment. Over $10, 000 of new technical equipment has been purchased for forensic identification. This provides our Evidence Technicians with professional tools to lacate, identify, process and capture evidence that would not have been discovered in the past. Crime Lab technicians have helped in solving a number of notorious cold cases during the year. During its fast full year of operation the AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System) identified 203 persons using false names, had 13 hits on latent prints (i.e., linked suspects to crime based on prints found at the scene), and found 66 persons wanted on warrants. This tool will become more valuable as additional prints are entered into the database. The Remote Data Acquisition Station (R-DAS) reads "fingerprints" from bullets or casings. Since the start of last year, it has had hits on 11 cartridge cases. These hits linked multiple crime scenes using ballistic evidence. BY tying a gun to a crime, or multiple crimes, it helps develop leads and capture criminals. We are one of the few departments in the state to have a full time firearms examiner. Sgt. Ray Wolfenbarger has completed two years oftraining. With his court testimony last November he officially gained the title of Certified Firearm and Toolmark Examiner. ~~ The Regional Crime Intelligence Unit maps crimes throughout the city and presents information that underlies strategies to reduce crime. The RCIU prepares a bi-weekly digest of major crime information and trends which is used by the command stafTto assign resources. One particularly helpful tool is the creation of "Hot-Zone" maps to show areas where reported crimes are spiking. These thermographic maps use computer aided crime analysis in connection with our GIS mapping ability to indicate areas which need special attention. The crime analyst will combine statistical and anecdotal data to understand not only the quantity, but alsa the type and severity of crime. This report becomes the basis for strategic planning at Comp-Brat meetings. Several different tactics may be employed to combat the problem from bike patrols to special enforcement units (like NEST), to plain clothes surveillance or saturation patrols. If the planning and execution are successful, the hat-spot will cool in future maps and tactical assets can be redirected. This is a A-3 5