Director James Announces 125
Law Agencies Receive New Fingerprint Equipment
JEFFERSON CITY, August 11, 2006-Director of Public Safety
Mark James announced Missouri used U.S. Department of Homeland Security
2005 Law Enforcement Terrorism Protection Program funds to purchase
125 “LiveScan” finger printing system for Missouri Police
and Sheriff Departments.
“This updated fingerprint collection process will
replace the traditional ink pad system allowing officers to scan and
digitize an individual's entire hand print. These systems will tremendously
help Missouri law enforcement agencies to identify criminals and terrorists
who otherwise would escape detection under the old method,”
James said.
With this system, officers can take fingerprints quickly
to check them against existing fingerprint databases, which compare
the locally obtained prints with those of wanted persons, including
terrorists, while the person is still in custody. In the traditional
system, fingerprints were submitted by mail for comparison and the
return of important information was not timely. The new system is
also portable and can be quickly relocated to scenes of catastrophic
emergencies.
The Sheriffs Association and the Missouri Police Chiefs
Association helped develop a priority list of recipients for this
system totaling 125 jurisdictions. The LiveScan purchases require
the police and sheriff departments to incur all yearly maintenance
costs for the system.
SEMA and DPS worked with the Missouri Office of Administration
to obtain a contract for the LiveScan system and maintenance. The
savings generated by using the state contract allowed Missouri to
purchase LiveScan units for more jurisdictions as compared to each
jurisdiction purchasing the LiveScan units individually.
Police Offices receiving the Livescan are: Arnold, Ava,
Ballwin, Berkeley, Bolivar, Branson, Bridgeton, Brookfield, Camdenton,
Cameron, Cape Girardeau, Carthage, Chesterfield, Clayton, Cottleville,
Des Peres, DeSoto, Dexter, El Dorado Springs, Eureka, Farmington,
Ferguson, Foristell, Fulton, Gladstone, Grandview, Jackson, Jefferson
City, Jennings, Kirksville, Lake St. Louis, Lee’s Summit, Liberty,
Maryville, Mexico, Monett, Neosho, Nevada, Nixa, North Kansas City,
Oak Grove, O’Fallon, Osage Beach, Overland, Poplar Bluff, Raymore,
Republic, Richmond Heights, Riverside, Rolla, Sikeston, St. Peters,
Sullivan, Town and Country, Troy, Union, University, Washington, Webb
City, Wentsville and West Plains.
County Sheriff Departments receiving Livescan are:
Atchison, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan, Butler, Callaway, Camden, Carroll,
Carter, Cass, Cedar, Christian, Clark, Clinton, Cole, Cooper, Crawford,
Dallas, Douglas, Dunklin, Franklin, Greene, Henry, Howell, Iron, Jasper,
Jefferson, Johnson, Laclede, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lewis, Livingston,
Maries, Marion, McDonald, Miller, Mississippi, Montgomery, Morgan,
Oregon, Ozark, Pemiscot, Perry, Pettis, Pike, Pulaski, Ray, Reynolds,
Scott, Shannon, Shelby, St. Charles, St. Clair, St. Francois, Ste.
Genevieve, Stoddard, Stone, Sullivan, Taney, Texas, Warren, Washington
and Webster.