If the detective tells you that it can take a year to get the resluts from the FBII, is he telling the truth?
2007-06-03 12:08:15 · 8 answers · asked by Pascha 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Close to it. The FBI get a staggering amount of fingerprints to check. Even with the computers the wait is long.
Even if the FBI check the prints, that is no guarantee they will match them to anyone. If your vandal has not committed a crime that got his prints sent to the FBI, he will not be on file.
2007-06-03 12:14:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not if the police have no record of the owner of the prints. Prints will do not be of any use if the person has no criminal record, never served in the military, or has never been figerprinted for bonding or a background check. The FBI prioritizes fingerprint searches, he is telling the truth, as much as the vandalism might mean to you personally, it is of very little importance to the FBI in the large scheme of things.
2007-06-03 12:14:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Most likely depends on where you live. I had my vehicle broken into and the police would not even attempt to take fingerprints because the property taken was less than 2000 dollars. My city's police department claimed the ABI (alabama bureau of investigation) would not look at a case of less than $2000 value.
2007-06-03 18:09:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fingerprints are only good if there are matching fingerprints on file. If the person that did the mischief is not on file (never been printed) then they won't match up.
Our system is also backlogged, and a year is not a huge amount of time.
2007-06-03 12:17:40 · answer #4 · answered by joeanonymous 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
even if they get the results from the FBI or AFIS and know who the person is, then they have to find the person
it can take longer than a year, especially if the person has never been fingerprinted before
2007-06-03 12:18:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it can take some time if they are on file - probably not a year though. now on the other hand, fingerprints only establish identity, not always the person who committed the crime
2007-06-03 14:02:23 · answer #6 · answered by Mark S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In many cases it has a lot to do with who's fingerprints they find at the crime scene.
2007-06-03 12:16:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he's telling the truth. CSI IS NOT REAL
2007-06-03 12:14:56 · answer #8 · answered by Sarahbelle 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋