Title

Hot Topic: Requirements of Fingerprint Law

Authors

Rex Barton, Municipal Technical Advisory ServiceFollow

Document Type

Bulletin

Publication Date

7-21-1999

Abstract

The Fingerprint Law was originally passed in the 1997 legislative session. The original law mandated that local law enforcement agencies (1) Fingerprint every person arrested and forward the fingerprint cards to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), and (2) Maintain at least an 85 percent retention rate. (This means that the TBI should not reject more than 15 percent of the fingerprint cards due to poor quality.)

Comments

#47

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Recommended Citation

Barton, Rex, "Hot Topic: Requirements of Fingerprint Law" (1999). MTAS Publications: Hot Topics.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_mtastop/226