I am a tenprint examiner for the King County Sheriff's Office. Almost. Technically, I am still on probation since I just started six months ago. I'll be a genuine tenprint examiner after my one year probation period. Tenprint refers to the fingerprint card (ten fingers, ten prints...) with which I work and verify. The prints I work with are complete rolled prints (usually) from a card. I'm typically verifying the identity of an individual who is being booked into the jail.
Fingerprint identification has developed over hundreds of years and is still the easiest and most reliable way to identify an individual. Names, dates of birth, social security numbers, etc. mean nothing to us. We only ID someone through fingerprints.
Monday, December 15, 2008
The Scoop
In an attempt to understand what exactly I do day in and day out, I decided to start this blog. Here, I make no excuse for my rambling, fragmented, and yet occasionally rational posts. I will be writing about my work as a tenprint examiner and my effort to become a competent fencer. Also to be mentioned, my cat, Gabrielle. And what ever else strikes my fancy.
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