[From customers who pay by check, that is. But why stop there? Credit card fraud is a problem, so it makes sense to extend Operation Thumbs Up to such purchases. And even cash can be counterfeit -- why not fingerprint all customers, all the time? --Declan] --- From: "Ben" <bmwat_private> To: <Declanat_private> Subject: 'Operation Thumbs Up' in Dallas Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 15:43:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0007_01C2624E.C1DDB9A0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal <http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/3976347.htm>http<http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/3976347.htm>://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/3976347.htm "Police spokeswoman Christy Gilfour said the department is considering making the program mandatory." --- <http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/3976347.htm>http<http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/3976347.htm>://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/3976347.htm Police ask stores to take fingerprints By SUSAN SCHROCK Special to the Star-Telegram ARLINGTON - Police are asking businesses to voluntarily participate in a program to take customers' fingerprints if they pay by check. Operation Thumbs Up, scheduled to begin citywide Sunday, aims to help authorities identify check theft and forgery by obtaining a source of identification that can't be stolen or faked - fingerprints. The system is similar to those used by banks that require fingerprints on checks. "No longer can we rely on the driver's license as a valid form of identity when passing a check," Detective Kyle Gibson said. "We can't expect clerks to memorize every face in a line. By getting a print, we can place that person when the check was passed to get a successful prosecution." The program was announced Friday. Police spokeswoman Christy Gilfour said the department is considering making the program mandatory. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan CNET Radio 9:40 am ET weekdays: http://cnet.com/broadband/0-7227152.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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