We had to take your fingerprints and give them to the police.
I would have no problem with taking fingerprints from the age of six, because this is all about children and their security.
The police took fingerprints from it and identified the body.
But "we have not at this point in time taken his fingerprints," he added.
"Sure have; looked at everything, asked, a lot of questions, took my fingerprints."
So they took his fingerprints and sent them to Washington for verification.
Female police officers were not authorized to take fingerprints until 1937.
With regard to the other questions raised here, the first was the minimum age for taking fingerprints, which has been set at 14 years.
To the father: "We're going to have to take your son's fingerprints."
I assumed they were doing all the standard police things, taking fingerprints, collecting evidence.