2007-09-27 16:15:06 · 14 answers · asked by Dee 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Only by comparison prints.
2007-09-27 19:49:10 · answer #1 · answered by CGIV76 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can. I see a few possibilities how.
There are many jobs that require fingerprinting for a license. Some of those prints are then submitted to law enforcement in order to conduct a criminal background check. Thus, the prints would be on file even though they were not taken by police. (You do have a driver's license, right? Thumb print taken as part of the process?)
Second, police can surreptitiously get prints. Let's say they believe you are a suspect but cannot find your prints on file. So they call you in to talk. While talking with you, they offer you a soda. As you drink the soda, you handle it - leaving your latent prints all over the can.
A related way is let's say you are developed as a suspect but they have no prints on file. They could petition the court to order you to submit prints. Your fingerprints are NOT considered self incrimination for purposes of the 5th Amendement. If the court does order you, then you either submit you prints or face contempt of court/violation of a court order. (Yea, I know, not exactly what you asked since the police would fingerprint you at that time.)
The 1st situation above could apply even if you are a cold hit - not a suspect. BUT if you have never been fingerprinted for an employment license or by a government entity (ROTC members are printed), the chances of the police identifying you through a "cold hit" are pretty much impossible.
2007-09-28 04:16:13 · answer #2 · answered by XPig 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you have never been fingerprinted then no, the information would not be in the system. But if you are a legal citizen over the age of 13, then you have been fingerprinted. Lots of people forget they ever were because since 1962 public schools have done it in the first grade. If you are from another country and were fingerprinted there then the info will be in the database, since the database is world wide.
2007-09-28 00:19:00 · answer #3 · answered by Josh 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They would need something to compair the prints too. If they are lucky enough to pull a usable print, they can ask you to provide them with yours. If you refuse, they can ask for a warrant to obtain them (provided the judge signs the warrant). Otherwise you don't have any thing to worry about.
2007-09-27 23:39:55 · answer #4 · answered by hensleyclaw 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope. if never been finger printed then your prints wont show up in the system. simple as that. unless a cop can pull the one up that that DMV took when u got your license other wise no . sounds like you've done somethin wrong.......
2007-09-27 23:47:15 · answer #5 · answered by "LC" KNOWEN AS AIRFORC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe--you were finger printed so to speak at birth for the record--but those are not the best prints but have been use for a plausible match.
in retrospect if you do not have a good set of police or FBI prints no how can they?
2007-09-27 23:40:01 · answer #6 · answered by ahsoasho2u2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, but it will work in reverse though, if your booked and printed, they then can add that crime to the list when they do match your prints
2007-09-28 00:09:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you think the police fairy comes to your house in the middle of the night to take your prints?
2007-09-27 23:21:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you have never been finger printed..your prints will not be in the system therefore they can not id that they are your prints
2007-09-27 23:18:30 · answer #9 · answered by sugar 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your fingerprints are taken at birth.lol And yes they remain the same your entire life, as do the size of your eyes.
2007-09-27 23:27:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋