Integrated Ballistics Identification System
Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS) is used to compare firearms related evidence stored in a database. IBIS digitally captures the images of fired bullets and fired cartridge cases from crime scenes and test fires from recovered firearms. When a new image is entered, the system searches the existing database for a match. When a possible match is observed, a firearms examiner must compare the actual evidence with a comparison microscope. Once an identification has been made by the examination of the actual evidence, a “hit” is noted in the system. A hit is defined as a linkage of at least two different crime investigations where there previously had been no known connection.