Peoria has a new tool in the fight against gun violence. The installation of the Integrated Ballistics Identification System is complete.
The sophisticated electronic and optical technology captures the unique fingerprint on a shell casing used to link it to the gun and potentially the person who fired it. That information is digitally compared to evidence stored in the database.
It’s technology from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Chicago and the Metro East already have the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network.
Senator Mark Kirk helped get the technology to Peoria. This location expands the availability of National Integrated Ballistic Information Network to all of Central Illinois.