Implementation of the PAPILLON Automated Multibiometric Identification System (AMBIS) in India

With the deployment of the PAPILLON Automated Multibiometric Identification System (AMBIS), the Indian police have adopted a new standard for working with forensic biometric data.

In 2022, India enacted a new national standard for handling forensic biometric data (Criminal Procedure Act, 2022). The standard requirements regulate the automation of the police work with biometric data such as finger, palm and foot prints, latents from crime scenes, facial images, iris scans, signature samples, and other biometric information.

To meet these requirements, PAPILLON AO promptly updated the existing PAPILLON AFIS-9 system used by the Telangana State Police to the AMBIS level. Additionally, cutting-edge neural algorithms for biometric data processing were integrated, significantly increasing the number of crimes solved, including cold cases from previous years.

The first system in India to comply with the new national standard—PAPILLON AMBIS—was officially presented to the leadership of the Telangana Police in December 2024, during a commissioning ceremony.

That event was preceded by extensive groundwork. In collaboration with Multywave Technologies Pvt. Ltd., the PAPILLON team trained over 60 police officers in operating the AMBIS system.

A network of over 650 fixed stations for biometric enrollment and express ID checks was deployed, equipped with PAPILLON DS-45 finger and palm print scanners, iris scanners, and other necessary devices.

More than 1,500 police vehicles were equipped with mobile systems for express ID checks by fingerprints and facial images, based on PAPILLON DS-21C scanners.

The Telangana State Police expressed gratitude to the consortium of Multywave Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and PAPILLON AO for:

Ongoing support in system operation and development;
Achieving significant results in crime detection and prevention;
Enabling data exchange between PAPILLON AMBIS and AFIS systems in other Indian states, including the national NCRB NAFIS system.

The next step in the development of PAPILLON AMBIS in India is integrating the system with police DNA and voice sample databases, once those systems are launched.

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