A mobile system having a portable fingerprint collecting system for
generating a digitized image of a fingerprint collected from a subject, a
database system configured to store a database containing a plurality of
fingerprint templates cross-referenced with identification information,
the database system configured to compare the digitized fingerprint
images generated by the portable fingerprint collecting device with the
fingerprint templates stored in the database to provide identification
information for the fingerprint, and a communication system providing
real time communication of the digitized fingerprint image and
identification information between the portable fingerprint collecting
system and the database system.