HomeMy WebLinkAboutIII (D) Approval and Authorization for the Police Department to Charge a Fingerprinitng Fee for Non-Residents in the Amount of $5.00 and Place the Monies Collected for this Service in Account No. 001-521-00-5202 Agenda 12-17-2002
Item III D
DATE: December 11, 2002
TO: The honorable Mayor and City Commissioners
From: Steve(Thelon, Chief of Police
Subject: Fingerprinting Fee for Non-Residents
ISSUE:
Should the Honorable Mayor and Board of City Commissioners authorize the Ocoee
Police Department a fingerprinting fee for non-residents in the amount of $5.00 (five
dollars).
BACKGROUND:
The Ocoee Police Department provides the service of fingerprinting to citizens of Ocoee
at no cost on Fridays from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The police department's clerical staff
performs the fingerprinting. This service is used by people who require fingerprint
checks for employment, immigration, concealed weapons permits, business licensing,
adoption, etc.
Nonresidents often call or come to the Ocoee Police Department wishing to he
fingerprinted, because it is not convenient for them to travel to other jurisdictions'
locations during the times they offer fingerprinting services nor do they wish to pay the
fee charged by the other jurisdictions. Because the police department was at one time
overwhelmed with these requests from nonresidents. it was decided that non-residents
would no longer be fingerprinted, unless it was for employment within the city. The
department does not want to turn away people needing police services, yet it should not
have to shoulder the brunt of these services for the rest of the county free of charge.
There is no local law enforcement agency, in or around Orange County, which provides
the service of fingerprinting to non-residents free of charge (Appendix A). Most agencies
charge their residents a fee and charge nonresidents a higher fee for the service of
fingerprinting. These fees range from free to $7.50 for residents and $2.00 to $10.00 for
non-residents.
The Police Department does incur expenses offering this service. Besides the hourly
wage of the records clerk, who has been trained to roll fingerprints, the Police
Department must also have a special fingerprint stand, fingerprint ink pads, fingerprint
card tabs and hand cleaning material. By charging a nominal fee to non-residents
seeking to be fingerprinted, the Police Department can recover some of the costs
associated with providing this service to residents and maintaining the fingerprint
AREA FINGERPRINTING LOCATIONS
AGENCY HOURS DAYS RESIDENT NON
Altamonte Springs PD 10:00-4:00 Tuesday—Friday $3.00 $5.00
Altamonte Mall Substation 8:00-4:00 Saturday $3.00 $5.00
Apopka PD 2:00-3:30 Tuesday-Friday $2.65 $4.77
Eatonville PD 8:30-4:30 Monday-Friday $5.00 $8.00
Kissimmee/Osceola PD 9:00-11:00 Wednesday
2:00-4:00 Friday $5.00 $10.00
Longwood PD 1:00-3:00 Tuesday &Thurs. Residents Only-No
Charge
Maitland PD 4:00-5:00 Monday &Thurs. Free $4.00
Orange County S.O. 1:30-4:00 Call for Appt. $9.00 $9.00
Orlando I'D 10:00-4:00 Wednesday $5.00 $5.00
Oviedo PD 1:30-4:00 Thursday $2.00 $5.00
Seminole S.O. 9:00-4:00 'Thursday $5.35 $5.35
UCF 9:00-11:30 Tuesday &
1:00-3:00 Wednesday $5.00 $5.00
Windermere 8:30-11:00 Tuesday & Fri. $4.00 $4.00
Winter Garden PD 8:00-12:00 Sunday Residents only—no charge
Winter Park PD 8:00-11:00 Thursday $5.00 $5.00
Winter Springs PD 2:00-4:00 Friday $2.00 $2.00
equipment. This equipment is also used to fingerprint the children of the community at
volunteer events.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the Honorable Mayor and Board of City
Commissioners authorize the Police Department to charge non-residents a fee of $5.00
for the service of fingerprinting. This service will be offered on Fridays between the
hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. In addition, it is requested that the monies collected for
this service be placed in the Police Department Operating Account#00 1-521-00-5202.