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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; City police will save time and resources booking people at headquarters with newly acquired fingerprinting and photographing equipment, Chief Robert Hughes said.</p><p>For approximately the past week officers have been using the Dataworks All-In-One Live Scan and CPIN Mugshot booking system, Hughes said Thursday.</p><p>The equipment was purchased through the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association with a $45,000 grant from the Local Share Account funded by gambling revenues from the Mohegan Sun Pocono casino.</p><p>With the equipment in house, officers won&#8217;t have to travel to the Kingston Police Department or the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Wyoming that each have the computerized system. It also does away with the manual inking and fingerprinting of people arrested.</p><p>&#8220;It gets our guys back on the road quicker. The results are instantaneous,&#8221; Hughes said.</p><p>Members of the chiefs association trained several officers on the use of the equipment. The officers in turn trained members of the department. A number of officers are familiar with the system having been trained on it at Kingston, the chief said.</p><p>&#8220;Our officers have been using it regularly,&#8221; Hughes said.</p><p>Fingerprints are made electronically and can be put into the Pennsylvania State Police Commonwealth Law Enforcement Association Network for instant identification, background and criminal history, warrants, sex offender data and Protection from Abuse information, according to a press release from Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>&#8220;It also has a camera built into the system for booking photos,&#8221; Hughes said. The system is connected to the Commonwealth Photo Imaging Network, allowing officers to input the photo and access others to assemble an array to present to witnesses and victims in connection with investigators, he added.</p><p>Although he has not been trained on the system, Hughes said it easy to use.</p><p>Other departments will have access to the system as long as there is someone from Wilkes-Barre to operate it, Hughes said.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">A Wilkes-Barre police officer takes a fingerprint during a training session on the Live Scan system recently put in operation. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_WBLivescan.jpg</photo0><caption0>A Wilkes-Barre police officer takes a fingerprint during a training session on the Live Scan system recently put in operation. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Live Scan system speeds booking process</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Jerry Lynott</p><p>jlynott@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Jerry Lynott at 570-991-6120 or on Twitter @TLNews</p></shirttailMeta></div>

New equipment aids WB police, saves time and resources says chief