You are tasked with processing tools for fingerprints that were reported to be used in a burglary. The burglar was started by police when they arrived at the scene and fled the scene leaving a bag of tools. A suspect was later arrested a day later with other burglary paraphernalia such as a mask and gloves. The tools are in a cloth bag and consist of an electric cordless drill, screw drivers, crow bars, hammer, electric sawz-all, and pipe wrench. Which locations on the tools would you seek to obtain fingerprints?

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Fingerprints can be found on various surfaces of tools where the user is likely to have held or touched them. This includes the battery portion of electric drills and sawz-alls, where the user would have to hold or change the battery; the handles of screwdrivers, crowbars, hammers, and pipe wrenches, which are the primary areas gripped during use; and the handle and button portion of electric drills and sawz-alls, where the user's fingers would naturally rest and apply pressure to operate the tools.

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