Proven. Cost Effective. Easy to use.
Tracking in 50 states and more than 20 foreign countries.
Objectively, AFIX delivers the best PC-based biometric ID systems.
But at the end of the day, the difference is a very personal touch.
Are you a forensic investigator with a latent print? A soldier separating civilians from
combatants? A corrections officer preparing to release a prisoner? Getting it right matters.
We put powerful biometric ID tools within your reach and your budget. Then, we deliver the
on-site training and ongoing live technical support you need to get on with your job.
Local Law Enforcement
AFIX made PC-based AFIS/APIS affordable for small police departments and dramatically improved your forensic capabilities. We continue to provide the most user-friendly AFIS/APIS solutions and have steadily added biometric ID tools for field use that makes the latest high-tech crime-fighting tools surprisingly affordable.
State Police Agencies
Rhode Island, Alaska, California... every state's needs are different, which is why we work with you to create a custom solution. But no matter what your needs, AFIX PC-based systems deliver better returns-on-investment. Our systems support state-level databases, and allow seamless communications with municipal systems and federal databases.
Federal Agencies
AFIX offers portable AFIS/APIS systems that give mobile task forces the ability to perform 1:n database searches against your own database, or the federal IAFIS system. Our systems can be used right in the field; they're scalable; they can incorporate cutting-edge iris ID technology and can be configured to support your needs now, and grow in the future. No company has been more committed to inter-system compatibility.
Affordable, Upgradeable, and Standards-based
Automated Fingerprint and Palmprint Identification
Local criminals commit local crime - save time and get results faster
by searching your local database first
Easy-to-master user interface -- If you've used Excel or Access,
you can use Tracker
Runs on any brand of PC, connects to nearly any livescan device
or flatbed scanner
Need to conduct a wider search of regional or national databases?
Tracker's 'lights out' search capability frees up your officers' time
We invented affordable AFIS/APIS. Add a remote workstation to make your system even more cost-effective
Get ahead of your caseload by adding a Remote Workstation to your Tracker system
Full entry and editing capability
Full search and search review functionality
Virtual network connection allows you to share Tracker between offices
How many AFIS/APIS searches do you need
to perform?
Latent Workstation can be networked into your existing AFIX Tracker system or stand alone
Enter, edit, and search latent prints against a database of known fingerprints and palm prints
Make sure your crime scene investigators aren't waiting in line to input latent prints
The people you're looking for aren't exactly
waiting around to get caught. So maybe it's
time to speed your AFIS/APIS entries
Entry and Editing Workstation improves efficiency in high-volume environments
Enter fingerprint, palm print, and latent records into your Tracker system
Extracts minutiae, and allows users to easily edit records
With AFIX Verifier, you can confirm identity
by fingerprint in a matter of seconds
Simple interface and intuitive commands make positive biometric ID easy
Speed up ID verification even more with a barcode reader
Not limited to law enforcement -- use in any situation where positive ID verification is needed
We get a lot of calls for this product the day after the wrong inmate was released -- don't wait to buy this 'insurance policy' against bad press
This easy-to-use system takes you from 'John Doe' to a positive identification in record time
Quickly and easily find out whether you're dealing with an individual that you have encountered before
You choose which and how many fingers to use in the search
Simple interface makes it easy to use and interpret results
Positively identify an individual at the beginning of the booking process -- don't enter false information you'll have to correct later
Matching fingerprints and making positive ID has never been this fast, this portable, or this easy
Empowers you to make positive ID in the field
Compatible with Android and iPhone
Works on your existing cellular network, anywhere you can get cell service
Integrates with your existing AFIX Tracker system
AFIX Mobile Identification Process
Don't tie up your investigators with
administrative requests
Software package allows users to View & Print fingerprint and palm print records from an existing database
Select, view, and print records including biographical data and photographs
An easy way for administrative users like prosecutors or medical examiners to print records without tying up forensic resources
Integrates with your existing AFIX Tracker system
The search engine behind AFIX
Technologies products
Scale up your search capability for faster results
Distribute search function between multiple computers
The same search engine that powers AFIX Tracker and Identifier
Conduct local and remote searches
Separating combatants from noncombatants in places where few people have identification papers; conducting forensic investigations... As missions evolve, the line between military and police-type actions becomes blurred.
AFIX provides reliable, portable, custom-configured biometric ID solutions including identification in the field with handheld units capable of 1:n database searches, powerful forensic tools, and biometric systems that positively identify persons for the purposes of access control or managing detainees. We've supplied systems to every branch of the U.S. Armed Forces and many of our allies; our systems - and our service - are field-proven.
Affordable, Upgradeable, and Standards-based
Automated Fingerprint and Palmprint Identification
Local criminals commit local crime - save time and get results faster
by searching your local database first
Easy-to-master user interface -- If you've used Excel or Access,
you can use Tracker
Runs on any brand of PC, connects to nearly any livescan device
or flatbed scanner
Need to conduct a wider search of regional or national databases?
Tracker's 'lights out' search capability frees up your officers' time
We invented affordable AFIS/APIS. Add a remote
workstation to make your system even more cost-effective
Get ahead of your caseload by adding a Remote Workstation to your Tracker system
Full entry and editing capability
Full search and search review functionality
Virtual network connection allows you to share Tracker between offices
How many AFIS/APIS searches do you need
to perform?
Latent Workstation can be networked into your existing AFIX Tracker system or stand alone
Enter, edit, and search latent prints against a database of known fingerprints and palm prints
Make sure your crime scene investigators aren't waiting in line to input latent prints
The people you're looking for aren't exactly
waiting around to get caught. So maybe it's
time to speed your AFIS/APIS entries
Entry and Editing Workstation improves efficiency in high-volume environments
Enter fingerprint, palm print, and latent records into your Tracker system
Extracts minutiae, and allows users to easily edit records
With AFIX Verifier, you can confirm identity
by fingerprint in a matter of seconds
Simple interface and intuitive commands make positive biometric ID easy
Speed up ID verification even more with a barcode reader
Not limited to law enforcement -- use in any situation where positive ID verification is needed
We get a lot of calls for this product the day after the wrong inmate was released -- don't wait to buy this 'insurance policy' against bad press
This easy-to-use system takes you from 'John Doe' to a positive identification in record time
Quickly and easily find out whether you're dealing with an individual that you have encountered before
You choose which and how many fingers to use in the search
Simple interface makes it easy to use and interpret results
Positively identify an individual at the beginning of the booking process -- don't enter false information you'll have to correct it later
Matching fingerprints and making positive ID has never been this fast, this portable, or this easy
Empowers you to make positive ID in the field
Compatible with Android and iPhone
Works on your existing cellular network, anywhere you can get cell service
Integrates with your existing AFIX Tracker system
AFIX Mobile Identification Process
Don't tie up your investigators with
administrative requests
Software package allows users to View & Print fingerprint and palm print records from an existing database
Select, view, and print records including biographical data and photographs
An easy way for administrative users like prosecutors or medical examiners to print records without tying up forensic resources
Integrates with your existing AFIX Tracker system
The search engine behind AFIX
Technologies products
Scale up your search capability for faster results
Distribute search function between multiple computers
The same search engine that powers AFIX Tracker and Identifier
Conduct local and remote searches
1.3 million people live on Indian reservations. That's the population of Miami, St. Louis, and Las Vegas combined, with the same crime problems, including drugs and gangs. But Tribal Police departments fight crime with about half the ratio of police officers.
AFIX backs you up with reliable, easy-to-use AFIS/APIS systems that put positive identification and powerful forensic tools in your hands. Eliminate the delays and cost of outsourcing, and put that time and those resources to work fighting crime.
We know that jurisdictional conflict is a frustrating problem for Native American law enforcement officers. AFIX helps by making sure your system can communicate seamlessly with local police, county, state, and federal databases, as well as other Tribal agencies.
Affordable, Upgradeable, and Standards-based
Automated Fingerprint and Palmprint Identification
Local criminals commit local crime - save time and get results faster
by searching your local database first
Easy-to-master user interface -- If you've used Excel or Access,
you can use Tracker
Runs on any brand of PC, connects to nearly any livescan device
or flatbed scanner
Need to conduct a wider search of regional or national databases?
Tracker's 'lights out' search capability frees up your officers' time
We invented affordable AFIS/APIS. Add a remote workstation to make your system even more cost-effective
Get ahead of your caseload by adding a Remote Workstation to your Tracker system
Full entry and editing capability
Full search and search review functionality
Virtual network connection allows you to share Tracker between offices
How many AFIS/APIS searches do you need
to perform?
Latent Workstation can be networked into your existing AFIX Tracker system or stand alone
Enter, edit, and search latent prints against a database of known fingerprints and palm prints
Make sure your crime scene investigators aren't waiting in line to input latent prints
The people you're looking for aren't exactly
waiting around to get caught. So maybe it's
time to speed your AFIS/APIS entries
Entry and Editing Workstation improves efficiency in high-volume environments
Enter fingerprint, palm print, and latent records into your Tracker system
Extracts minutiae, and allows users to easily edit records
With AFIX Verifier, you can confirm identity
by fingerprint in a matter of seconds
Simple interface and intuitive commands make positive biometric ID easy
Speed up ID verification even more with a barcode reader
Not limited to law enforcement -- use in any situation where positive ID verification is needed
We get a lot of calls for this product the day after the wrong inmate was released -- don't wait to buy this 'insurance policy' against bad press
This easy-to-use system takes you from 'John Doe' to a positive identification in record time
Quickly and easily find out whether you're dealing with an individual that you have encountered before
You choose which and how many fingers to use in the search
Simple interface makes it easy to use and interpret results
Positively identify an individual at the beginning of the booking process -- don't enter false information you'll have to correct it later
Matching fingerprints and making positive ID has never been this fast, this portable, or this easy
Empowers you to make positive ID in the field
Compatible with Android and iPhone
Works on your existing cellular network, anywhere you can get cell service
Integrates with your existing AFIX Tracker system
AFIX Mobile Identification Process
Don't tie up your investigators with
administrative requests
Software package allows users to View & Print fingerprint and palm print records from an existing database
Select, view, and print records including biographical data and photographs
An easy way for administrative users like prosecutors or medical examiners to print records without tying up forensic resources
Integrates with your existing AFIX Tracker system
The search engine behind AFIX
Technologies products
Scale up your search capability for faster results
Distribute search function between multiple computers
The same search engine that powers AFIX Tracker and Identifier
Conduct local and remote searches
Stop worrying about releasing the wrong inmate. AFIX systems use the live-capture of biometric patterns to positively identify inmates in seconds prior to release or transfer. Our systems can be installed at a fixed location, or be fully portable when linked to a laptop PC.
Confirm inmate identity with software that will pull up images and data from inmate files, and put comprehensive information in front of your officers. AFIX systems can also make staff and visitor access much easier to control and monitor.
With AFIX Verifier, you can confirm identity
by fingerprint in a matter of seconds
Simple interface and intuitive commands make positive biometric ID easy
Speed up ID verification even more with a barcode reader
Not limited to law enforcement -- use in any situation where positive ID verification is needed
We get a lot of calls for this product the day after the wrong inmate was released -- don't wait to buy this 'insurance policy' against bad press
This easy-to-use system takes you from 'John Doe' to a positive identification in record time
Quickly and easily find out whether you're dealing with an individual that you have encountered before
You choose which and how many fingers to use in the search
Simple interface makes it easy to use and interpret results
Positively identify an individual at the beginning of the booking process -- don't enter false information you'll have to correct it later
Do you need to register and track refugees? Or record and track benefit recipients? Fast and accurate biometric ID systems provide positive identification that is independent of government issued IDs, gets around language barriers and helps to eliminate waste and fraud.
With AFIX Verifier, you can confirm identity
by fingerprint in a matter of seconds
Simple interface and intuitive commands make positive biometric ID easy
Speed up ID verification even more with a barcode reader
Not limited to law enforcement -- use in any situation where positive ID verification is needed
We get a lot of calls for this product the day after the wrong inmate was released -- don't wait to buy this 'insurance policy' against bad press
This easy-to-use system takes you from 'John Doe' to a positive identification in record time
Quickly and easily find out whether you're dealing with an individual that you have encountered before
You choose which and how many fingers to use in the search
Simple interface makes it easy to use and interpret results
Positively identify an individual at the beginning of the booking process -- don't enter false information you'll have to correct it later
Matching fingerprints and making positive ID has never been this fast, this portable, or this easy
Empowers you to make positive ID in the field
Compatible with Android
Works on your existing cellular network, anywhere you can get cell service
Integrates with your existing AFIX Tracker system
AFIX Mobile Identification Process
Are you an educational testing service that must confirm student IDs? Do you operate facilities with strict access control requirements, such as a bank or a nuclear power plant? Does your security department operate its own forensics lab?
AFIX has fixed-base and portable/mobile solutions that can help you to positively identify employees and visitors, or conduct your own AFIS/APIS-based forensic investigations.
Affordable, Upgradeable, and Standards-based
Automated Fingerprint and Palmprint Identification
Local criminals commit local crime - save time and get results faster
by searching your local database first
Easy-to-master user interface -- If you've used Excel or Access,
you can use Tracker
Runs on any brand of PC, connects to nearly any livescan device
or flatbed scanner
Need to conduct a wider search of regional or national databases?
Tracker's 'lights out' search capability frees up your officers' time
With AFIX Verifier, you can confirm identity
by fingerprint in a matter of seconds
Simple interface and intuitive commands make positive biometric ID easy
Speed up ID verification even more with a barcode reader
Not limited to law enforcement -- use in any situation where positive ID verification is needed
We get a lot of calls for this product the day after the wrong inmate was released -- don't wait to buy this 'insurance policy' against bad press
We don't just want to sell you technology.
We want to deliver a working system that really helps you make more arrests and build stronger cases in law enforcement settings, gain a tactical advantage in military contexts and positively confirm identification in secure facilities.
In fact, AFIX training and technical support begins even before you make your purchase, when an AFIX Sales Engineer works with you to configure the system that best meets your needs.
An AFIX Project Manager will stay in direct contact with you throughout the implementation process and training phase. Once your system is in place and all training is completed, the AFIX Support Team takes over. If you need technical support, you'll find that it is available by phone, email or online via secure login.
If you wish, our technicians can remotely access your system via direct login. Active support includes updates and new versions of software, follow-up training and user conferences.
The end result of this comprehensive approach is that you'll get the most out of an affordable, powerful, user-friendly system with maximum uptime and minimum frustration.
Operating System: Windows XP, Windows 7 or newer
CPU: Dual Core, 2.0GHz or faster
RAM: 2GB or more for Windows XP OS, 4GB or more for Windows 7 OS
Hard Drive: 250GB or larger
Video Adapter: integrated video
Optical Drive: DVD reader
Monitor: must be capable of minimum 1280 x 1024 resolution
Flatbed Scanner: must include a TWAIN driver and provide minimum optical resolution of at least
600 ppi (non interpolated)
Printer: must be capable of minimum 600 dpi output
Request Information or Demo
877.438.2349
email: info@afix.net
AFIX Technologies Delivers National AFIS and Live Scan for Belize
AFIX Technologies, through funding provided by the US Department of State and specifically through the Central America Regional Security Initiative, or CARSI, has upgraded the AFIX Tracker system originally installed for the Belize Police Force in 2002, establishing a central repository of fingerprint and palm print arrest records in the capitol, Belmopan, and installing new AFIX Tracker workstations and live scan systems in remote police stations across the country.
An excerpt from the announcement posted by the US Embassy in Belmopan states: "CARSI represents the United States' response to deep seated concerns about the deteriorating citizen safety environment in Central America. Soaring crime and murder rates are unsustainable; the economic and social impact of crime is beginning to impact the underlying fabric of society; and, if crime rates continue unabated, political stability and order could be threatened when citizens believe that the organs of government are incapable of protecting them from harm. CARSI focuses on interdicting narcotics, firearms, and bulk cash and on disrupting gangs and organized crime, and concurrently supports efforts to enhance the capacity, professionalization, and effectiveness of the region's police, prosecutors, judiciary, courts, and prison systems."
AFIX Technologies installer/trainers spent two weeks onsite in Belize in May 2011 to install the new, upgraded AFIX Tracker server, workstations and live scan devices, and to provide training to more than twenty Belize Police Officers and Crime Scene Investigators. Police stations across Belize are now able to utilize AFIX Tracker workstations to capture and transmit new fingerprint and palm prints taken during arrests directly to the national database in Belmopan, and also to search latents recovered from crime scenes against their local/regional database and against the national database. AFIX Technologies is now preparing to assist in the conversion of the archive of card-based fingerprint records held in the police archives for inclusion in the digital AFIX database now established for the country of Belize.
2013 Trade Show Schedule
April
North Carolina IAI
Cary, NC
April 16-18
Mississippi IAI
Hattiesburg, MS
April 22-25
California IAI
Sacramento, CA
April 29-May 3
May
Texas Jail Association
Austin, TX
May 14-15
Pacific NW IAI
Tacoma, WA
May 14-17
Oklahoma IAI
Edmond, OK
May 20-22
June
Texas IAI
Dallas, TX
June 4-7
Texas Chief Deputies
Kerrville, TX
June 11-13
Oklahoma Sheriff's
Tulsa, OK
June 11-14
July
Texas Sheriff's
Corpus Christi, TX
July 21-23
August
International IAI
Providence, RI
August 4-10
Request Information or Demo
877.438.2349
email: info@afix.net
205 N. Walnut
Pittsburg, KS 66762
620.232.6420
Toll Free: 877.438.2349
Fax: 620.232.2606
email: info@afix.net
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST
Monday through Friday
It all started with a suggestion from the FBI
Back in the 1980s, the Federal Bureau of Investigation wanted to implement a fingerprint ID system as part of a proposed national point-of-sale firearm control and law enforcement program. They knew that such a system would only be practical if AFIS technology could be made accessible to local law enforcement.
The challenge was that no one had ever created an AFIS that ran on affordable, familiar PCs. The Phoenix Group, a privately held Kansas Corporation, was formed in 1989 to meet that challenge.
Initial research and development was funded by the sale of company stock to individual investors. In 1992 The Phoenix Group received applied technology matching funds from the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation to aid in product development.
Although the FBI's firearms control system never came to fruition, the first PC-based automated fingerprint identification system, AFIX Tracker, was launched in 1998. The Phoenix Group was renamed AFIX Technologies in 2005.
Our first customer was the US Army Crime Lab. Now, AFIX systems are in use in over 300 sites across the U.S. and more than 20 other countries. Law enforcement agencies of all sizes have realized that our our systems are easier to use and more cost effective than previous AFIS/APIS generations.
Our team has never stopped innovating
We won the race to be first-to-market with a PC-based AFIS, and again with the first PC-based APIS. But we're not resting on our laurels. AFIX Technologies has gathered together an experienced and innovative management team that is committed to keeping AFIX on the leading edge of biometric ID technology.
Management Team
We're 100% confident in our products and the value and service we provide. But we know that before you can be 100% confident in your purchase decision, you have to know who you're dealing with. Learn more about our senior management team by clicking on the navigation links at left.
Joan Vitt
President/CEO
Ms. Vitt joined The Phoenix Group, Inc. (now AFIX Technologies, Inc.) as the Director of Marketing in 1998. She was promoted to the role of President/CEO in 2002. She was a member of the team that created AFIX Tracker 1.0, which was the first viable, minutiae-based PC-AFIS, and a member of the team that created Tracker version 4, which included the first APIS to run on any platform. She directed the deployment and training for more than three hundred installations of AFIS/APIS systems in agencies ranging from local Police departments to US Federal law enforcement agencies. Joan also directed the program for provision of AFIS/APIS systems to accredited forensics and criminal science programs in colleges and universities and in state and federal-level law enforcement training academies in the U.S. and Canada.
Derald Caudle
Vice President of Engineering
Mr. Caudle is one of the founders of The Phoenix Group, Inc. He was the principal scientist responsible for the development of the world's first pc-based AFIS system and the first APIS system on any platform. He led deployment and training in over 50 AFIS/APIS installations, including the San Diego Police Department and the Dallas County Sheriff's Office, and national-level systems such as Vietnam and Saudi Arabia. As Chief Technology Officer, Derald is responsible for the continuing development of advanced biometric analysis systems used in a wide variety of law enforcement and civil applications in the U.S. and around the world.
Susan Amick
Vice President, Sales
Ms. Amick led the marketing and sales team responsible for more than two hundred installations of AFIS/APIS systems in local Police and Sheriff's departments; large metro police agencies such as the Newark, NJ Police Department; Federal agencies including the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and national-level systems from Iceland to El Salvador. Susan co-directed efforts for provision of AFIS/APIS systems to accredited forensics and criminal science programs in colleges and universities and in state and federal-level law enforcement training academies such as the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the Ontario, Canada Police College.
Scott Howard
Vice President, Operations
Mr. Howard was a member of the team that created AFIX Tracker 1.0, the world's first viable, minutiae-based PC-AFIS system and AFIX Tracker Version 4.0, the first Automated Palm print Identification System. He created and implemented the training syllabi and support systems for all AFIX systems, and led deployment and training for more than fifty installations of AFIS/APIS systems in agencies ranging from local Police and Sheriff's departments to large metro Police agencies such as the Boston Police Department, as well as U.S. Federal agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He has also led deployment and training programs for many national-level systems outside the U.S., including Iceland, Nigeria, and Honduras. After graduating from the University of Kansas, Scott served as a Regular Officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1979 through 1985, attaining the rank of Captain.