GUN FINGERPRINTING: Joint Team Moves to Katonga

By Francis Otucu

The team going to Katonga tomorrow comprises of UPDF, UPF, UPS, UWA, ESO, ISO working closely with relevant authorities.

Tomorrow, the team will embark on registering guns in Katonga region.

Deputy Police spokesperson, Polly Namaye confirmed the move to Katonga.

So far, Namaye said, the team has registered all guns in the hands of the Police Force, Prisons service, Private security and those privately licensed within Kampala metropolitan Area.

While in Katonga, the team will be concerned with capturing the data of each individual gun and marching this data with the holder.

The team will then forward the captured data to the forensic experts for purpose of interpretation and storage using the Integrated Ballistics Identification Systems (IBIS).

This, analysts say will make the work of tracking guns easier after their use.

While Finger Printing, the team will fire bullets from each gun so as to get the unique characteristics.

“The public is encouraged not to be alarmed when they hear the sound of guns in the specific areas as we shall be informing you,” Namaye said.

The team is working to ensure that by the end of July, all guns under the Police Force, the Prisons services, private ownership as well those held by private security organizations will have been registered.