Arrest Processing - Fingerprinting - Juvenile Delinquent and Juvenile Offender Fingerprinting
Authority: Family Court Act Section 306.1 and Penal Law Section 10 (18), Juvenile Offender charges.
1. Arresting agencies
should ensure that procedures are in place to fingerprint juveniles as
required by law.
2. Arresting agencies must make every effort to obtain proof of the age
or identity of a juvenile taken into custody for a fingerprintable offense.
Such proof could include information from school systems or physicians
or birth or baptismal certificates. It should be noted that there may
be confidentiality restrictions on arresting agencies in obtaining this
information.
3. Probation departments, presentment agencies and family courts should
make referrals of juveniles to arresting agencies if the juvenile has
not been fingerprinted as required by law. These agencies should contact
arresting agencies if they do not receive the Criminal Justice Tracking
Number (CJTN), previously known as the Court Control Number, as evidence
that fingerprinting has occurred when required.