New fingerprinting system speeds identification process for local law enforcement officials
No two fingerprints are alike, and now law enforcement officials in Audrain County and the city of Mexico have a unique way to take them.The Audrain Sheriff’s Department and Mexico Public Safety Department have a new way to take fingerprints. Thanks to a grant from the State Emergency Management Agency both of the offices have installed a Livescan Fingerprinting System.The new system will eliminate the need for the old ink and roller system which required the law enforcement officer to use a stainless steel roller and coat the fingers with ink. The fingers were then rolled onto a card.

Cable Installers & Criminal Records
(KSDK) - The NewsChannel Five I-Team story about workers with criminal backgrounds working for a local cable television contract generated a lot of calls to the newsroom.The story identified one worker who is facing felony theft charges, another facing a charge of domestic abuse, and the owner of Sparks Communications, Wes Harden, having served time in prison.The story generated lots of phone calls, including one from a man who wanted to discuss poor working conditions at Sparks Communications.

Quarter Of Juvenile Center’s Workers Have Criminal Records
INDIANAPOLIS — Recent background checks revealed that more than 25 percent of Marion County’s juvenile detention center employees have criminal records, the center’s interim superintendent said Friday.
The checks, initiated two weeks ago, showed that 24 of the center’s 90 workers have criminal histories. The finding comes less than two months after nine former employees were charged with having sex with female detainees at the center between 2000 and 2005.

Criminal records hard for public to access
A violent thief and rapist fresh from an Ohio prison rolled into Kanawha City last week.
While he was sitting in a car that had been reported stolen from a Braceville, Ohio, home in which a woman was tied up and shot in the arm, Brett Hanick shot a city police officer twice before the officer shot and killed him.

Hingham drops busing firm that hired convict
HINGHAM - The school department is not renewing its contract with a Braintree school van company that hired a convicted sex offender and a drunken driver to transport children. David Killory, business director for the school department, said the schools will contract with other companies next year instead of P&M Transportation.
The school department is also considering buying one or two vehicles of its own to help transport some of the 25 students who rode P&M vans.

Gresham school’s license suspended over teacher’s aide
GRESHAM, Ore. - The license of a private alternative school in Gresham has been suspended after a teacher’s aide was accused of rape and turned out to be a convicted murderer.
The Oregon Department of Education has also instructed the Academy of Alternatives to complete background checks on four of its staff members. The license suspension will remain in effect until the school meets that requirement.
Jay Scalise, director of the academy, said the background checks are under way.

Lawmakers consider criminal background checks for college students
RALEIGH — Your child may have to pass a criminal background check to enter state universities. Lawmakers are considering a bill that would do just that.In 2004, two students were killed at UNC-Wilmington. One suspect lied on his application about his criminal past, now lawmakers want to make sure that doesn’t happen again.
“If you were a parent and your 17-18-year-old was going to college, I think you’d be willing to pay $20 to $40 to make sure her dormmate had no criminal background history,” Sen. Neal Hunt (R-Wake) said.