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Sparse rainfall may not mean water restrictions
THE FUTURE OF FINGERPRINTING
June through April rainfall is lowest in two decades BY LESLIE KELLY Contributing Writer
Luciano Marano | Bainbridge Island Review
The Bainbridge Island Police Department unveiled the island’s new LIVESCAN electronic fingerprinting system — which they have worked to obtain for more than a year — earlier this week.
Bainbridge police unveil faster, more accurate LIVESCAN system BY LUCIANO MARANO Bainbridge Island Review
Get ready to reach out and touch the future, Bainbridge. Don’t worry about getting your fingerprints on the glass, that’s kind of the whole point. Chief Matthew Hamner of the Bainbridge Island Police Department, along with administrative coordinator Barbara Burns and Bainbridge Island Municipal Court Judge Sara L. McCulloch unveiled the island’s new
LIVESCAN electronic fingerprinting system, which they have worked to obtain for more than a year, earlier this week. The system, Burns explained, is a much more modern, convenient and reliable method of fingerprinting people for any of the multitude of reasons the procedure is performed. Gone is the old method of inking each finger and rolling it across a piece of cardboard. The new system has a specialized digital camera that captures electronic images of a person’s fingerprints and then instantly trans-
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mits the data, which is then used to facilitate background checks, verify a person’s identity or investigate their potential criminal history. The Bainbridge Island Police Department provides fingerprinting services for about 200 individuals a year, officials said, including assisting those in numerous occupations that require regular background checks. Professions that need fingerprint-based background checks, officials said, include
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Although rainfall on Bainbridge Island from April to June was the least amount recorded in more than the past 20 years, city officials aren’t concerned that residents will be facing water restrictions. That’s the message this week from Kellie Stickney, spokeswoman for the city of Bainbridge Island. “As of now, there’s no evidence that our current water sources are being affected by the drought,” Stickney said. “We don’t anticipate any restrictions.” Rainfall amounts dating back to 1993 have been recorded by island resident Vince Mattson. According to his measurements, only 2.88 inches of rain fell this year from April to June. That’s the smallest amount for that time period since he began recording. “It’s just been pretty dry,” Mattson said. “We had a bit of rain on Saturday (July 11) — only about 5 to 10 minutes and it wasn’t measurable. It didn’t even discolor the ground or the pavement.” Mattson said he doesn’t recall another June that has been as dry as this year. He said, generally, the first half of June is nice and “just as soon as the kids get out of school, it starts raining.” That didn’t happen this year. In general, he said, one year will be wet and the next year will be dry. “Every other year we have a low amount of rain, an average of about 26 inches,” he said. “Then the following year, we’ll have an average total of 41 inches. This pattern is well-established.”
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