Wisconsin Department of Justice Identification Manual - Imprimus ...

Fingerprint Card
Use of Fingerprint Card
The Crime Information Bureau utilizes one fingerprint card for the entire
identification process. This card serves as the source document for submission of
inked fingerprint impressions and descriptive data to the CIB for persons arrested or
taken into custody, applicants, unknown deceased or other identification requests.
As the primary form in the Identification system, all other transactions branch out
from the fingerprint card. It is from the fingerprint card that criminal records are
created, and updated with Final Disposition Reports.
Note: All information on the fingerprint card should be typed or legibly hand
written.
CIB converts all arrest fingerprint cards not submitted electronically to electronic
format. This allows a single fingerprint card to be processed by CIB and then
submitted electronically to the FBI. Any agency still submitting paper arrest cards
need only submit a single, legible fingerprint card.
Fingerprint Card Description
The fingerprint card is a single copy white card, 8" x 8", with green printing (ID
form DJ-LE-241). The State card adopts the convention of calling one side of the
fingerprint card the "Face" and the other side the "Impression" side. The "Face" side
provides blocks for administrative and charge information. The "Impression" side
provides blocks for descriptive information and the fingerprint impressions.
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