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RESOLUTION NO.4 0 9 7
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, SUPPORTING THE
AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
(AFIS) 2006 LEVY
WHEREAS, AFIS is a voter-approved, levy-funded countywide Regional
Automated Fingerprint Identification System Program; a valuable public safety
tool that quickly assists criminal justice agencies to fingerprint and identify
arrested individuals or suspects of crimes; and
WHEREAS, the AFIS Program was established as a regional system in
1988, and in 1992 was expanded to a 24-hour a day, 7 days a week operation;
and
WHEREAS, the AFIS Program's primary functions are to capture
fingerprints and palm prints from suspects, to store fingerprints in databases, to
search and identify individuals from fingerprints in order to solve crimes by
identifying prints left at crime scenes, and to share fingerprint and arrest data
with other jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, since the inception of AFIS, more crimes with unidentified
suspects have been solved, capturing finger and palm prints from every subject
booked into jail, storing those fingerprints in an electronic database, and using
those prints to match against prints left behind at crime scenes have enabled
police detectives to solve many crimes where the detectives have had no known
suspects; and
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WHEREAS, AFIS has assisted in solving 17,141 crimes without a known
suspect based on the evidence of a fingerprint left behind at a crime scene
through 2005 and in that same year, 100% of inmates at our King County jails
were fingerprinted for positive identification at time of entry to the jail; and
WHEREAS, AFIS identified 1,058 individuals in 2005 alone who gave
false names at the time of arrest and over 300 of those had outstanding warrants
for other crimes; and
WHEREAS, on September 19, 2006, King County voters will be presented
with a ballot measure to approve the six-year levy at a rate of $0.0568 cents per
$1,000 assessed value, which is less than last period's levy rate, and will provide
enhanced further outreach to our suburban communities.
NOW THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Auburn City Council supports the Automated Fingerprint
Identification System (AFIS) 2006 Levy and urges all our citizens to learn about
the importance of the Regional AFIS Program in our area.
Section 2. The Mayor is authorized to implement such administrative
procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directives of this legislation.
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Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect and be in full force upon
passage and signatures hereon.
Dated and Signed this /!~day of JJ.;z~0, 2006.
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City Clerk
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