Hawaii’s police departments have joined a federal ballistics database system that allows real-time comparison of gun crime evidence across jurisdictions. The state was among the last to adopt this technology, which replaces a slower local process that took weeks or months.
- All four county police departments now participate in the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network for faster evidence analysis.
- The system can analyze ballistic evidence and make connections in near real-time instead of the previous weeks-or-months timeline.
- Federal funding of $250,000 from the Hawaii High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program made the upgrade possible.
- The technology helps track ‘ghost guns’ and firearms that move quickly between locations.
- Computer equipment is housed at the Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement’s King Street headquarters.
Source: Hawaii Free Press
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