Mobile fingerprint technology
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/23/005374/U
Version Date: 12/04/2024
The ICT Department have provided the following information.
Please provide the following information about your force’s use of mobile biometric technology for the periods between 1st January 2022 and 17th July 2023;
1. The number of times the mobile biometrics devices were used in BOTH Devon & Cornwall and Dorset.
960
The following information about each search:
• which database was searched (Police [IDENT1] or Immigration [IABS]) or both),
|
Search type |
Count |
|
Immigration, Police |
335 |
|
Immigration |
29 |
|
Police |
596 |
date
|
Date |
Count |
|
Jan-22 |
12 |
|
Feb-22 |
10 |
|
Mar-22 |
6 |
|
Apr-22 |
16 |
|
May-22 |
20 |
|
Jun-22 |
30 |
|
Jul-22 |
23 |
|
Aug-22 |
26 |
|
Sep-22 |
32 |
|
Oct-22 |
21 |
|
Nov-22 |
40 |
|
Dec-22 |
96 |
|
Jan-23 |
92 |
|
Feb-23 |
81 |
|
Mar-23 |
111 |
|
Apr-23 |
99 |
|
May-23 |
108 |
|
Jun-23 |
93 |
|
Jul-23 |
44 |
- officer defined ethnicity
|
Officer-defined ethnicity |
Count |
|
0. Unknown |
115 |
|
1. White - North European |
509 |
|
2. White - South European |
83 |
|
3. Black |
127 |
|
4. Asian |
59 |
|
5. Chinese,Japanese,SE Asian |
14 |
|
6. Arabic or North African |
45 |
|
None |
8 |
- self-defined ethnicity
|
Self-defined ethnicity |
Count |
|
Unknown |
28 |
|
Asian - Indian |
16 |
|
Asian - Pakistani |
5 |
|
Asian - Bangladeshi |
3 |
|
Any other Asian background |
27 |
|
Black Caribbean |
32 |
|
Black African |
50 |
|
Any other Black background |
4 |
|
Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
5 |
|
White & Black Caribbean |
7 |
|
White & Black African |
2 |
|
White & Asian |
10 |
|
Any other mixed background |
18 |
|
Chinese |
3 |
|
Any other ethnic group |
44 |
|
White British |
371 |
|
White Irish |
3 |
|
Any other white background |
124 |
- gender of the person scanned
|
Male |
841 |
|
Female |
115 |
|
Unknown |
4 |