Whose fingerprints?

Seminole County has a problem. In April, a fingerprint analyst was suspended with pay, mostly for identifying prints that other analysts have since said were inconclusive.

The Orlando Sentinel reports: “The analyst at the center of a growing fingerprint controversy worked for a boss who didn’t know fingerprinting, lavished the analyst with praise and let her supervise other print examiners, including one she got “rid of” for not finding enough prints and not making enough matches, according to Seminole County Sheriff’s Office records.”

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”