Sheriff’s Department Gets New Grant Funded Fingerprint Machine

Thanks to a grant the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office recently purchased a new fingerprint machine.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said the grant covered the $15,000 cost of the machine with no local funds required for the purchase. The new machine replaces an older one the department had been using.
“We fingerprint every inmate who is booked including those arrested by the Sheriff’s Department, Smithville and Alexandria Police Departments, Tennessee Highway Patrol, or any other agency or officer who makes state arrests.
“As soon as the correctional officer books them in and does the fingerprints, it (machine) automatically sends them to TBI and FBI to see if they match fingerprints on file taken in other crimes or from outstanding warrants entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC),” said Sheriff Ray.
“We are proud and very fortunate to have been able to get that grant to purchase this fingerprint machine,” he added.