DRAWING CONCLUSIONS; SOFTWARE SPEEDS UP SUSPECT IDENTIFICATION.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer The Lancaster sheriff's station's new crime-fighting tool has 31 chins, 34 noses, 37 lips and mouths, 109 sets of eyes, 204 hairstyles - and 16 eyebrows. It's the Identikit Identikit Noun trademark a composite picture, assembled from descriptions given, of a person wanted by the police Adjective 1. 2000, computer software with a database of more than 600 facial features Facial Features See also anatomy; beards; body, human; eyes. gnathism the condition of having an upper jaw that protrudes beyond the plane of the face. — gnathic, adj. , designed to create computerized computerized adapted for analysis, storage and retrieval on a computer. computerized axial tomography see computed tomography. composite drawings of wanted criminals. ``We want to be able to identify suspects as quickly as possible,'' said Lt. Ron Shreves. ``It's imperative that we get a good composite or a good likeness.'' Officials say the Identikit 2000, donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. by the city of Lancaster The City of Lancaster (2002 population: 133,914) is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England. Its main town is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status. Other towns in the district include Morecambe, Heysham, Slyne, and Carnforth. , will work with deputies and victims or witnesses of crimes to create composite likenesses of criminals. ``What a fantastic tool,'' said Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
Lancaster spent $3,815 for a laptop computer A portable computer that has a flat LCD screen and usually weighs less than eight pounds. Often called just a "laptop," it uses batteries for mobile use and AC power for charging the batteries and desktop use. Today's high-end laptops provide all the capabilities of most desktop computers. and installation of the software for it and two other computers, officials said. Each composite starts by using basic information including sex, race, age, height, body size, type and length of hair. The composite will display a generic likeness of the suspect in which facial features can be enhanced as the witness or victim describes them. ``It helps us eliminate people and gives us a perception of what the witness saw,'' said Deputy Brian Schoonmaker. Deputies can then print copies of the black-and-white composite image to distribute to other officers watching for suspects who resemble the image. Identikit 2000 is the computerized fourth version of the composite-creating device that sheriff's officials have used since 1959. Version II, which the Lancaster sheriff's station had used for years, is made up of transparent overlays that deputies manually placed together to form a composite. ``It takes between 40 minutes to an hour to create a likeness the old way,'' said Schoonmaker. ``We can do this in half that time.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--color in AV edition only) New Identikit software and a companion laptop computer from city government are ready to use at the Lancaster sheriff's station. (2--color in AV edition only) Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts holds an Identikit drawing of himself, created by deputies with speedier new software. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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