A new, portable, high-tech fingerprint machine has been in use at the Law Enforcement Center for the past couple months.
The machine was secured through grant money obtained by Ramsey County Sheriff Steve Nelson and former Police Chief, Bruce Kemmet.
“Its got a lot of different programs on it,” says Police Detective Rob Hach.
One program allows for fingerprints on people in the midst of a job application.
Another has the ability to check on people charged with crimes and it can also check palms for IDs.
“If we need an ID on somebody, we can just send it to the BCI in Bismarck,” added Hach.
There's also the ability to check on sex offenders, it can also check the ID of somebody applying for a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
And it's portable, Hach adds.
The new machine had been in the works for a period of time. It finally arrived through the efforts of Nelson and Kemmet and officers have been using it for a few months.
“It also produces better prints than what we had before,” added Hach.
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A new, portable, high-tech fingerprint machine has been in use at the Law Enforcement Center for the past couple months.
The machine was secured through grant money obtained by Ramsey County Sheriff Steve Nelson and former Police Chief, Bruce Kemmet.
“Its got a lot of different programs on it,” says Police Detective Rob Hach.
One program allows for fingerprints on people in the midst of a job application.
Another has the ability to check on people charged with crimes and it can also check palms for IDs.
“If we need an ID on somebody, we can just send it to the BCI in Bismarck,” added Hach.
There's also the ability to check on sex offenders, it can also check the ID of somebody applying for a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
And it's portable, Hach adds.
The new machine had been in the works for a period of time. It finally arrived through the efforts of Nelson and Kemmet and officers have been using it for a few months.
“It also produces better prints than what we had before,” added Hach.
