Western Identification Network Employee Directory

Law EnforcementCalifornia, United States2-10 Employees

The Western Identification Network (WIN) is a nonprofit consortium of western state and local law enforcement agencies that operates a shared biometric database and search network for fingerprints and palmprints. Its purpose is to support criminal identification and civil background clearances for employment and licensing. The network provides access to approximately 29 million fingerprint records from western states and maintains a gateway to the FBI's Next Generation Identification system to facilitate updates to national biometric data.

WIN comprises nine member agencies across western states, including the Alaska Department of Public Safety, Idaho State Police, Montana Department of Justice, Nevada Department of Public Safety, Oregon State Police, Utah Department of Public Safety, Washington State Patrol, Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigations, and the California Department of Justice. Founded in 1989 as the first multistate automated fingerprint identification information network, WIN is governed by a Board of Directors drawn from member agencies and is managed from offices in Rancho Cordova, California. As a small nonprofit, WIN concentrates on coordinated data sharing and the interface with national biometric systems through its gateway.

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