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S.F. No. 2108 - BCA Suspense Files
 
Author: Senator Bill Ingebrigtsen
 
Prepared By: Chris Turner, Senate Fiscal Analyst (651/296-4350)
 
Date: March 21, 2012



 

Under current law, police are required to take a person’s fingerprints when arresting that person on felony, gross misdemeanor, and certain “targeted” misdemeanor charges.  Fingerprints are used as the most certain way to identify a person with a criminal history and to link together various events about that person as their case is processed through the criminal justice system.  When fingerprints are not collected, court dispositions cannot be linked with an arrest record, causing the disposition to be categorized as in “suspense.”

The bill permits law enforcement to take fingerprints from offenders arrested for any offense if the fingerprints are needed to resolve a file that is in suspense.  Current law limits law enforcement to capturing fingerprints only during the time the individual is involved with the criminal justice system for the specific offense in suspense. 

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