Police fingerprinting traffic offenders by;Rick McCann www.privateofficer.com
Green Bay WI. Dec. 24, 2007
If you’re ticketed by Green Bay [,WI] police, you’ll get more than a fine. You’ll get fingerprinted, too. It’s a new way police are cracking down on crime.
If you’re caught speeding or playing your music too loud, or other crimes for which you might receive a citation, Green Bay police officers will ask for your drivers license and your finger. You’ll be fingerprinted right there on the spot. The fingerprint appears right next to the amount of the fine.
Police say it’s meant to protect you — in case the person they’re citing isn’t who they claim to be. But not everyone is sold on that explanation.
If you’re caught speeding or playing your music too loud, or other crimes for which you might receive a citation, Green Bay police officers will ask for your drivers license and your finger. You’ll be fingerprinted right there on the spot. The fingerprint appears right next to the amount of the fine.
Police say it’s meant to protect you — in case the person they’re citing isn’t who they claim to be. But not everyone is sold on that explanation.
With the fingerprint in their possesion, police can quickly run an accurate wants and warrants check, criminal history or see if the prints show up in the NCIC(National Criminal Information Center) database as possibly relating to a crime scene or other on going investigation anywhere in the country.
Some say it's going to far and another sign of a police state. But the fact of the matter is, and what most citizens don't realize is that everytime a citation, also known as a uniform summons is issued for a moving violation such as speeding, reckless driving, loud muffler etc, the driver is being arrested! That's right, arrested and no different than if you were being charged with another offense such as shoplifting or trespassing!
Both the theft charges and all moving violations fall under the catagory of a misdemeanor offense and it is an arrest! So, like any other arrest made by any police agency in the nation, fingerprints are taken. No shock there!
This actually may become the trend as we see more portable fingerprint machines being used out in the field and why not? If you're not a criminal and you have nothing to hide, why fear it. The fingerprint will also insure that the right person is being issued the citation and that in cases of no identification, they know who to go after if the fine isn't paid. To most law abiding citizens this should be no big deal!
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