Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-20 | Page 9 | Children Being Fingerprinted

CHILDREN BEING FINGERPRINTED RN Service Now Available to Parents at Police Identification Identification Identification Iden Iden- Bureau All AU parents who want fingerprints of their children can now secure them at the police identification bur bureau in inthe inthe inthe the public safety building Sergeant A. A H. H Rogers superintendent superintend superintend- ent of f the bureau announced Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day that this new service had been ina inaugurated by the police department It is expected to be of great value He said that fingerprints had often proved of great use in restoring lost children to their parents often a after ler years jears had elapsed It is one method of combating he said I Although funds are not available at the present time to carry carryon on the work The way we intend to toU said Ser Sergeant geant Rogers the bureau later expects ex- ex to receive an appropriation that will enable us to fingerprint every bab baby in Salt Lake i if the parents so desire He said that so solar far only 14 children have lave been fingerprinted He declared that hat such a service is available in fri most of the larger cities and that reports show that at the present time more than han babies in New York have been Deen fingerprinted and Besides taking the fingerprints the bureau also records the signature height weight complexion and the color of the hair and e eyes es of each child 10 years of age or more A record record rec rec- ord is given each child for their parents parents parents par par- to keep for future reference and when funds funds' ar are available a copy will willbe willbe willbe be filed at aUthe athe the bureau Mr Rogers said Sergeant Rogers stated that Salt Lake Boy Scouts have become interested interested interested inter inter- ested in the f fingerprint system and he expects many of them to visit himat him himat at al the bureau to have their prints taken aken and to receive a record to be tiled filed at home Joyce Joyca H Hunter fingerprint expert of the he bureau is is' assisting Sergeant Rogers