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Sacramento City Unified
School District started providing LIVE SCAN fingerprinting services
approximately 1 year ago. We started out providing the service to the school
district employees, and now offer the service to anyone needing live scan
fingerprinting services.
The live scan service
generates revenue and provides the following benefits;
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The service pays for the operator to do the
actual rolling of the prints
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The service pays for other services in the
Identification Office such as teacher and volunteer ID cards
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The live scan service provides a service to
the community, and also has the longest and latest hours in the area.
Frequently asked questions:
The live scan service generates revenue and
provides the following benefits;
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The service pays for the operator to do the
actual rolling of the prints
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The service pays for other services in the
Identification Office such as teacher and volunteer ID cards
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The live scan service provides a service to
the community, and also has the longest and latest hours in the area.
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There are 2 fees that you will pay:
Roll Fee-
this is the fee that the Live Scan Facility charges for providing the
service.
The
other fees are for the Department of Justice, FBI, Child
Abuse Index and Firearms background checks. These fees are set
by each of these agencies. The live scan provider does not control these
fees.
There are many types of background checks, or combination of checks and
the fees will vary depending on the following;
The level of service, the requesting agency and application type will
determine what categories will be checked during the background. Some of
the categories are:
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Criminal records
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Child abuse
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Firearms violations
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Why do I have to be fingerprinted?
At this time
fingerprinting is the most reliable method of identifying a person and
tracking their records, weather it is employment, licenses, permits or
criminal records.
Laws
have been passed to protect the public, maintain security of various types
of government agencies, and to maintain the integrity of school employees
and school volunteers.
The
law under many of the state codes, such as the penal code, vehicle code,
business and professions code and education code require that when
hiring employees and volunteers, that each person pass a fingerprint
background check. In the case of school districts, all persons having
direct contact with school children must be fingerprinted for the
protection of the children.
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I was just fingerprinted last
year, month, week, yesterday, do I have to do it again?
Yes! Due to the privacy laws there is no sharing of
information allowed. The person receiving your background information must
have been cleared by the Department of Justice prior to obtaining the
records.
Because the law requires each of these agencies to do background checks,
you must be fingerprinted for each agency that you are making application
to. This includes volunteers at schools and churches. It is not uncommon
for a person to be finger printed several times in a year.
As
an example; you apply to be a substitute teacher at Sacramento
City Unified
School District,
you have passed your Real Estate License exam and decided that it would be
helpful to be a Notary Public to go along with your real estate license.
You have been contacted by your child’s school in Elk Grove and asked to
volunteer on the class field trips that are coming up soon, of course you
will volunteer at the school.
You will need to be fingerprinted for;
1.
Sacramento
City
School District
2.
Department of Real Estate
3.
Secretary of State (Notary Public)
4.
Your
child’s school
4.
How long does it actually take to “ROLL” my fingerprints?
The following
categories will determine how long it will take to “roll” your prints.
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Do you have your live scan form? We do
not supply live scan forms for other agencies. (We only have forms for
Sac City School Dist Employees)
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Is your form filled in completely and
legibly?
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If your driver’s license will not scan
on the card reader, the information will have to be typed in manually.
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Is your correct address on your license?
Do not use a PO Box.
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If “Employer Info” is required, it will
have to be manually typed in.
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Some people just don’t have good legible
fingerprints, and they may have to be rolled several times to obtain
the best quality possible.
Under perfect
conditions allow 5-7 minutes per person.
Considering a
combination of other conditions as listed, it could be up to 15 minutes
per person.
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