Law Enforcement Identification System

Issue

   Many criminal cases go unsolved due to the lack of information being available to investigators regarding an unknown suspect who may be domestic or foreign born. Law enforcement needs every nation to help identify suspects in order to prevent further harm to public safety worldwide.

Solution

   Adopt a global biometric identification system that contains relevant information on every person in the world. Finger/palm prints, retinal/iris scans, DNA samples, voice recordings, and photographic images of facial and other physical characteristics should be stored in the system.

   Every nation should require all businesses to register their employees into the system, and non-working individuals should be required to register for any public services. Validation checks and biometric gathering will also be conducted at international points of entry to ensure an accurate accounting of all personnel entering the nation.

   The benefit of incorporating a global identification system is that it will allow law enforcement to quickly identify suspects before they may commit a crime, which will greatly improve public safety.

   Some may have invasion of privacy concerns, but preventing law enforcement from apprehending a potential suspect may be considered as a form of obstruction of justice. For those who don't support the effort, they may be subject to a class-action lawsuit by victims who otherwise would have been protected if the system was fully operational at the time.

   In addition to this new system, all gun manufacturers and owners should be required to register their firearm's forensic ballistic information (and serial numbers) into a similar system. This will aid law enforcement in identifying suspects if firearms were used in situations without DNA or other information being available for their investigation.

   Overall, the importance of incorporating a global biometric identification system for the sake of improving public safety worldwide greatly outweighs privacy concerns that some individuals may have regarding the new system.