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i: . + je J = : - J UF SLi dikes cearlanaatete Bas a a C — © There are.twe general fingerprint files in the FBI's Ldentifieation Bivixion: One 1s know es the eriminal file od contains the finger © | ¥ i ” Gapressions of those poeple who have been arrested for s orintasl offense, er heve been received ine penal institution. Yhe ether file, which is known as the noncriminal file, conteiss the fingerprints ef menders of the Arned Forces, government eupleyees, persons who were flagerprinted while applying for jobs in impertent national defense plents and persons who voluntarily had their fingerprints recorte’ as a perasneat means of identification. | ° Local police departments and sheriffs! offices flagerprint persons arrested for serious effenses ani forwart these. fingerprints to the FEI. Tha incoming prints are compared with any others which may be on file. Keach arrest record is given an PSI Sumber. Only the clearest aad most legible set of fingerprints remains im the file, while Quplicates are placed in a jacket sontaining, in addition to axtra seta of fingerprints, _ She mm'e qriminal record. These jackets are filed numerically umler the ‘YS! Nanvers. Whenever a fingerprint eard is received from a lav enforocensnt agency, the FBI ascertains the infiividual'’s prier arrest record ani notifies the agescy which submit ted the eurrent ect ef prints anf all ether law eaforcenent agencies which fingerprinted the offender during the previous five-year peried . While private eitizens, eclud manbders, Boy Scouts and those futerested im the science of fingerprinting may forward fingerprints to the FRI for filing ac o means ef personal identification, searches through the eriminal file can be mate only for duly constituted Lav enforcement