Leaving A Trace: How Fingerprints Help Catch Criminals

Fingerprints are universal, and they’re unique. That’s what makes them essential in fighting crime. In this episode of Sworn Statement, we talk to the fingerprint experts at the Collier County Sheriff’s Office about the many ways their work helps solve cases. They tell us how fingerprints are discovered, how they’re analyzed, and how they’re stored in order to solve cases in the future. And we tell you what you can do if you’re ever the victim of a crime to preserve fingerprint evidence and help CCSO identify suspects.