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             •      All members of the BCI UNIT received one day training for Faro 3D imaging
             on 08/15/19 at our training facility.
             •      Det.  Wheatley  received  a  Certificate  in  Cellebrite  Physical  Analyst  on
             03/22/2019 and a Certificate in Cellebrite Operator on 03/19/2019, both in Boston,
             MA.

                                                  BCI New Equipment

             In the beginning of the year, the new Livescan Fingerprint Machine was installed
             in the booking area after an extensive training program, which included the entire
             BCI Unit, detectives and all shift supervisors, who were responsible for training
             patrol  officers who  fell  under  their command. The machine  has  proven to be
             problematic; however those issues are not confined to our department but have
             been experienced by other departments using the same machine as well as the
             RI Attorney General’s Office. An email was recently issued from Mark McKitchen,
             BCI/AFIS Unit Supervisor  from the AG’s Office, stating that  the vendor
             Gemalto/Thales will be working with all departments in an attempt to resolve the
             issues,  which  either  involve  department  networks,  IP  address  issues,  or  IMC
             interface. Currently, members of BCI and CPD tech personnel have been able to
             keep the machine up and running to meet our needs. There are also plans in the
             making to utilize the previous Livescan machine strictly for civilian fingerprints,
             locating it in a more public-friendly area.


                                   B.C.I. Productivity Report – By the Numbers

             It  was  another  very  active  year  for  BCI.  The  relative  increase  in  activity
             corresponded with the department’s increase in calls for service. The BCI Unit
             processed  seventy-eight  total  crime  scenes  where  hundreds  of  pieces  of
             evidence were collected. Scenes processed by our unit included 85 Crime scenes
             were processed and hundreds of pieces of evidence were collected:
             •      1   Homicide
             •      5  Rape/ Sexual assaults
             •      10  Robberies
             •      7   Aggravated Assaults
             •      14  B&E’S
             •      2   Larcenies
             •      3  Recovered stolen vehicles
             •      3  Arson
             •      3  Vandalism
             •      6  Weapons Offenses
             •      6  Drug overdose deaths
             •      2  Fatal vehicle accident


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