Phoenix deputies fingerprint drivers

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PHOENIX (AP) — Sheriff's deputies in the Phoenix area on Thursday began asking drivers getting ticketed for certain traffic violations to provide their fingerprints, drawing criticism from civil rights activists.

The fingerprinting is part of a pilot program that Sheriff Joe Arpaio says will help fight identity theft in Phoenix. The city has the highest per-capita rate of identity theft complaints in the country, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

The fingerprinting would help identify people with stolen or falsified driver's licenses, the sheriff said. It also ensures that innocent people whose identities are stolen do not get charged with crimes they did not commit.

Arpaio said the new procedure is designed to ensure the person who committed the offense is the same person being charged with a crime in the courtroom.
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[SammyBlue]

1. two words: seig heil

[n2mark]

2. What the hell

is going on? Are we going to be fingerprinted to shop for groceries too? Let's just fingerprint everyone who uses a credit or debit card!

I was fingerprinted working with children, understand that one and did not have a problem.

Everything is out of control. It is time to pull the rope back in...

Arizona, wake up please!

[neferkiti]

3. It's such a dumb idea. What good will that do???

I'm tempted to speed just so I can refuse to be fingerprinted.