YOGYAKARTA - Identification is a very mandatory thing for the front line in processing the crime scene in the Investigation Unit. Have you ever heard of what INAFIS is?

Of course, identification is very influential in disclosing a crime.

Identification at this time is known as the INAFIS (Automatic Finger Print Identification System)

The task of INAFIS requires foresight and accuracy in the evidence at the crime scene where the evidence is related to the incident at the location. No matter how small the evidence is in the crime scene, it is really important in the work of disclosure.

The way INAFIS works can apply various types of systems in the development of evidence.

Knowing the identity of the victim will make it easier for investigators to make a list of people to suspect in a case. The list will be even smaller if it is known when the victim's death and the tools applied by the suspect or criminal.

Forensic identification is an effort to identify the identity of a person who is intended for forensic purposes, namely the interests of the implementation of the judiciary.

(INAFIS members in the context of drowning search)

The role of forensic medical science in identification, especially in unknown bodies, damaged bodies, rotting, charred and mass accidents, natural disasters, riots that resulted in many victims dying, as well as human body parts or skeletons. Then, forensic identification also plays a role in various other cases such as child abductions, babies swapped, or children whose parents doubt.

The role of INAFIS in supporting the task of the Police is in terms of enforcing rules and services to the community.

In terms of enforcing the rules, it consists of idetification / revealing the perpetrator, tracking down the DPO (List of People Search), identifying victims without identity, disclaimer of suspects who will leave or enter Indonesia, preventing fake documents, exchanging crime information from the Polda, Polres, Polrek, even abroad, which in this case is carried out directly by the POLRI Headquarters.

Although the role of identification in terms of service is identifying missing persons, identification of TKW (Women's Workers) / TKI (Indonesian Workers), transactions of banks/urants, Pilkada / Elections, issuance of identity documents.

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