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Seeking evidence, Brian Dalrymple, an Ontario Provincial Police forensic analyst, uses a laser beam to detect fingerprints on a bottle. He and his nei(...)
Seeking evidence, Brian Dalrymple, an Ontario Provincial Police forensic analyst, uses a laser beam to detect fingerprints on a bottle. He and his nei(...)

Seeking evidence, Brian Dalrymple, an Ontario Provincial Police forensic analyst, uses a laser beam to detect fingerprints on a bottle. He and his nei(...)

Date5/30/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Seeking evidence, Brian Dalrymple, an Ontario Provincial Police forensic analyst, uses a laser beam to detect fingerprints on a bottle. He and his neighbor, Xerox researcher Jim Duff, developed the revolutionary method of lifting previously undetectable fingerprints.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0027476F
Fingerprints On A Cheque are examined by forensic analyst Ed Campbell with the aid of the Ion/Argon Laser at OPP headquarters. A beam of laser light i(...)
Fingerprints On A Cheque are examined by forensic analyst Ed Campbell with the aid of the Ion/Argon Laser at OPP headquarters. A beam of laser light i(...)
6/15/1977
Close scrutiny: The technique of using lasers to detect fingerprints was discovered at the Xerox Research Centre
Close scrutiny: The technique of using lasers to detect fingerprints was discovered at the Xerox Research Centre
8/12/1987
OPP specialists: Detective Inspector Ron Kirkpatrick, left, head of the provincial police drug section, and John Hines, an authority on fingerprints, took the stand
OPP specialists: Detective Inspector Ron Kirkpatrick, left, head of the provincial police drug section, and John Hines, an authority on fingerprints, took the stand
6/8/1988
Dusting for clues: Carleene Burrell of Oakville takes fingerprints from a stove top at a crime scene, part of a two-day crash course in basic training
Dusting for clues: Carleene Burrell of Oakville takes fingerprints from a stove top at a crime scene, part of a two-day crash course in basic training
7/9/1991
Burglars beware: Bob Baker of Payton Scientific Ltd, is laughing all the way to the bank over his firm's device, which permits police to identify many more fingerprints - even those lifted, as the one left above was, from a plastic bag.
Burglars beware: Bob Baker of Payton Scientific Ltd, is laughing all the way to the bank over his firm's device, which permits police to identify many more fingerprints - even those lifted, as the one left above was, from a plastic bag.
5/22/1985
Looking for clues, Durham Region police officer David Bryars looks for fingerprints on merchandise stolen along with nine transport trucks and $2 million worth of merchandise in Durham Region
Looking for clues, Durham Region police officer David Bryars looks for fingerprints on merchandise stolen along with nine transport trucks and $2 million worth of merchandise in Durham Region
12/3/1987
Holdup Aftermath: Peel police take fingerprints from the scene of last November Hongkong Bank of Canada robbery, in which a bank customer was shot
Holdup Aftermath: Peel police take fingerprints from the scene of last November Hongkong Bank of Canada robbery, in which a bank customer was shot
11/4/1993
Clue search, A police officer dusts the door of a Scarborough variety store for fingerprints after a clerk was stabbed during a robbery attempt last night
Clue search, A police officer dusts the door of a Scarborough variety store for fingerprints after a clerk was stabbed during a robbery attempt last night
5/24/1992
Image shows a police officer painting some letters on the life rings.
Getting ready for rescues. Patrol officer Brian Kennedy with the Toronto Harbor Police uses long winter hours to give finishing touches to one of 300 (...)
2/22/1977
Gotcha!: With telephone technology coming at us, the phone will be as much a part of us as our fingerprints
Gotcha!: With telephone technology coming at us, the phone will be as much a part of us as our fingerprints
12/31/1991
Downsview podiatrist Hartley Miltchin nows uses the soft laser machine he bought for patients' feet to help clients like Pat Warde change their lifestyle
Downsview podiatrist Hartley Miltchin nows uses the soft laser machine he bought for patients' feet to help clients like Pat Warde change their lifestyle
5/30/1990
Taking aim: OPP Constable Laura Hicks and Sergeant Brian Anderson try out the handgun laser computer simulation at the new headquarters building in Aurora
Taking aim: OPP Constable Laura Hicks and Sergeant Brian Anderson try out the handgun laser computer simulation at the new headquarters building in Aurora
8/1/1989