transport and correctional services this will immediately improve the possibility of the police identifying a suspect if they can retrieve fingerprints from the scene of a crime this brings us to one of the first requirements for the successful implementation of the legislation in order for the legislation to make an impact on apprehending and convicting perpetrators of crime the saps will have to ensure that our crime scene investigators are properly trained and that those who are the first on the scene understand and know fully how to preserve a crime scene without these supportive actions the bill becomes paper filled with good intentions i_letter will be dealing with the storage of prints the comparative searches against other databases the national instructions relating to the collection