Perpetrator image
A perpetrator picture is a photograph of a person that was taken by the police as part of an identification service .
Images of the perpetrators consist of the so-called Bertillon photographs (portrait, profile, half profile and a frontal full-length photograph) as well as other photographs of special physical features such as scars and tattoos.
The recording of images of the perpetrators in paper form has now been largely replaced by digital photography. The digital storage opens up the possibility of calling up the images of the perpetrators in a matter of seconds via police information systems (such as INPOL ) nationwide. For example, they can be used quickly to establish a person's identity .
Furthermore, pictures of the perpetrators are used for search purposes or as part of recognition procedures such as the photographic sample .
In the Bavarian police recording, storing, analyzing, data maintenance and separation is performed using the program "TBV" (perpetrators Scan).
Like the other ED documents, images of the perpetrator are shown in the criminal record and are sorted out together with the latter after the expiry of the segregation period .
