Ballistic Fingerprinting continues to fail in Maryland State

Continuing problems include the failure of the MD-IBIS to provide any meaningful hits. There have been no crime investigations that have been enhanced or expedited through the use of MD-IBIS. . . . The status of the sister system to MD-IBIS, the New York State Combined Ballistic Identification System (CoBIS) was reviewed. . . . The result however is the same as Maryland. . . . The annual budget request for CoBis is approximately $4 million.