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WHEN DID THE N.Y.P.D. BEGIN TO USE FINGERPRINTING?

April 26, 2017fingerprinting NYPD Return

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WHEN DID THE N.Y.P.D. BEGIN TO USE FINGERPRINTING?

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In 1906, N.Y.P.D. Police Commissioner McAdoo sent Det. Sgt. Joseph Faurot to London to obtain information of the process of fingerprinting, where it had been in use for several years. Det. Sgt. Faurot returned with samples of the first fingerprint cards, at which time the Department began to implement this new crime fighting technique. In 1908, a murder case was the first case solved by the N.Y.P.D. utilizing this technology.