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cdzipby

Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Illinois

Can a 15 year old be fingerprinted without being charged or arrested after the police officer contacted the juvenille officer and was told to fingerprint the teen and charges would be contingent upon his futher investigation 3 days from now?
 


CdwJava

Senior Member
Yes. We can ask, but they can refuse.

There is no way to compel prints absent a court order or an arrest, but we can always ask for cooperation in getting them. I've done that many times and rarely receive a "no".

Carl
 

JETX

Senior Member
cdzipby said:
what is the purpose for taking them when you aren't be charged?
Maybe the officer is starting a 'young violators, future major criminal' fingerprint collection and realizes his 'potential'.
 

CdwJava

Senior Member
cdzipby said:
Thanks for the info, but what is the purpose for taking them when you aren't be charged?
To eliminate him as a suspect ... or to confirm it. Perhaps they had prints, and needed his to compare to ones found at the scene or on some evidence.

It's hard to say.

Carl
 

JETX

Senior Member
BTW, there is NO constitutional or statutory violation by having someone (police or not) take another persons fingerprints. Challenges only arise when considering what is done with the fingerprints.
 

cdzipby

Junior Member
The incident involves two kids who had a scuffle, but it just seemed strange that only one kid should have his prints taken and not the other.
 

JETX

Senior Member
cdzipby said:
The incident involves two kids who had a scuffle, but it just seemed strange that only one kid should have his prints taken and not the other.
Maybe the investigators were able to get the fingerprints of the other off the 'victims' neck.
 

CdwJava

Senior Member
cdzipby said:
The incident involves two kids who had a scuffle, but it just seemed strange that only one kid should have his prints taken and not the other.
Could be he was a possible suspect in another crime ... ro they already had one kid's prints on file for some reason.

Nobody can say for sure, and there is certainly nothing illegal about getting fingerprints as long as he was not falsely arrested or illegally held to get the prints. And since we can get a court order for prints pretty easily, there would be no reason to skirt the law.

Carl
 

cdzipby

Junior Member
JETX said:
Maybe the investigators were able to get the fingerprints of the other off the 'victims' neck.
Sorry to disappoint you, but there weren't prints on anyones neck.
 

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