This gadget means police can ID you anywhere - BBC London

Mobile fingerprint technology, pioneered by the Met Police, is allowing officers to check people's identity out on the beat - saving time and reducing costs.

At the moment when an individual is arrested they have to be taken to a police station with a custody suite to process finger and palm prints and take photographs.

With the number of custody suites being cut the process can take several hours.

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