Green Bay - Police Begin Fingerprinting on Traffic Stops

[left15]

http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?s=2776926

"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."

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Remember, It's for your own good.

[immoderate]

1. It only protects you if it's not you.

--IMM

[CornField]

2. I don't like that at all

"Police stress that the prints are just to make sure you are who you claim to be and do not go into any kind of database; they simply stay on the ticket for future reference if the identity is challenged."

I wonder how they would work that in Iowa... it's all electronic now with laptops in the patrol cars.

[hippiechick]

3. Wow, GB has really become a den of intolerance !

Glad I left !!

[rodeodance]

4. this is bad news!!

[bobthedrummer]

8. We're heading south this spring, I was threatened by a Green Bay

Police officer last September, reported him to Internal Affairs Department-still waiting to get follow-up report.
Brown County is corrupt as DC now.

[hippiechick]

9. Is Asswad Zakowski still DA ?

Gawd, that man was a piece of work.

Bob

[rocktivity]

5. Unconstitutional--presumes guilt

You're not under arrest, and technically, you're not convicted of the violation until you either pay the ticket in time, or are unsuccessful in challenging it in court. And unless the print is returned to you or destroyed once the citation is settled up, it IS in a database.


rocknation

[spooked]

6. and eventually they can target just those cars whose owners

they haven't yet fingerprinted for their database.

[burn the bush]

7. thats not right. that's just not right.