police database
Law enforcement archive
A police database is a computerized system storing law enforcement records—criminal histories, warrants, fingerprints, mugshots, or incident reports.
Officers query these databases during investigations or routine stops: His name came up in the police database.
The term often appears in discussions of surveillance, privacy, and wrongful identification.
- criminal recordsOfficial documentation of convictions
- warrantFormal authorization document
- bench warrantJudicial command for arrest
- mugshotPolice identification photograph
- fingerprintsRidge patterns identifying individuals
facial recognition · arrest · suspect · person of interest · background check · search · felony · investigation · cold case · booking · rap sheet · surveillance · license plate · sex offender registry · missing persons · last known address · FBI · most wanted list
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