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     Webservant (Member) Moderator Username: Member Post Number: 348 Registered: 03-1997 |
A simple, but incomplete, answer is to use a fiberglass brush, feather duster, wide magnetic wand, or even a large wad of cotton to quickly apply fingerprint dusting powder over a large area. A better answer is that there is no one item that should be used for developing prints over a large area, because determination of the proper development procedure requires that the nature of the surface to be examined/processed will dictate what procedure (item[s]) should be used. For example, it would be potentially destructive to important evidence to use a fiberglass brush, feather duster or similar method to apply fingerprint dusting powder to a large porous surface (such as a large mural on white paper attached to a classroom bulletin board). Other factors, such as the presence of apparent bloody impressions, or information that an item was recovered from a river, can also impact which procedure/sequence should be applied. A good place to see the thousands of potential processing sequences to be considered is the CBDIAI website on latent fingerprint processing techniques. | ||
| SCARLET MORUA (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: adsl-161-5-119.mia.bellsouth.net |
What item should be used for developing prints over a large area? |
