Montgomery County police to use new mobile scanners for fingerprints

Devices to provide access to larger database to help identify criminals (Montgomery County, Maryland)

The advantage of the new BlueCheck devices — also to be purchased with UASI funds — include faster transmit times for scans and access to both the National Capital Region's Integrated Automatic Fingerprinting System and the statewide fingerprint database, Cunningham said.

Mobility and Interoperability are very big issues in law enforcement. Montgomery County borders Virginia and Washington, DC so multijurisdictional information sharing and mobility are key components of effective policing.