Wisconsin Department of Justice Identification Manual - Imprimus ...

Identification Requests
After a series of discussions with several sheriffs’ offices and correctional facilities,
it became apparent that altering prisoner-handling procedures at either end was not
feasible. Thus a low-tech method was devised. It requires the person who searches
the criminal history record to fill out a simple form and to see that this form follows
the prisoner from the county facility to the correctional facility. The form is printed
on brightly colored paper so that the correctional staff will notice it and remove it
from the prisoner’s file at intake.
The new process is as follows:
1. Determine the person’s DNA status by searching the CIB criminal
history records.
2. If a DNA sample has not already been taken, please obtain a sample
following the instructions in the DNA Offender Sample Kit.
3. The new step depends on where the person will be going after being
processed by your agency.
• If the person will be going to a Department of Corrections Facility,
then please fill out the “DNA SAMPLE TAKEN FORM”. This
form must be included with the person’s file when they are
transported to the correctional facility. At intake, the form will
be used to enter the DNA status into the DOC database. Please
note that if you do not take a sample because the CIB records
indicated one already had been taken, this information still needs
to get to Corrections. There is a box to check to indicate that a
sample had been taken previously. The date the prior sample was
taken is not shown on the CIB records and need not be filled in on
the form.
• If the person will stay in a county facility or if the person is on
parole, the new form does not have to be completed.
A law enforcement agency may desire to check an individual's identity or past
criminal record for an investigation being conducted before an actual arrest has been
made. The Crime Information Bureau will process these fingerprint cards and return
the completed card to the contributing agency with either "NO PREVIOUS
RECORD" or "IDENTIFICATION TRANSCRIPT ATTACHED" stamped in the
charge block of the fingerprint card.
The law enforcement agency submitting a fingerprint card for this purpose must
indicate in the "final disposition block" the reason the card is being submitted as
"criminal investigation." This will ensure proper processing of the fingerprint card.
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