Question & AnswerQ&A (PNP MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2006-005)
The memorandum circular prescribes the procedure in the collection of fingerprint cards with attached photographs for use in the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) by law enforcement agencies.
Both criminal and non-criminal individuals must provide fingerprint cards. Criminals apprehended for law violations and non-criminals such as applicants for police clearance for employment, firearm licenses, professional licenses, travel abroad, and other purposes.
The objectives include providing law enforcement agencies an expeditious and accurate mode of identification, achieving early resolution of crimes through automated fingerprint comparison, verification of licensed firearm owners, identifying illegal aliens, and speeding identification of amnesia sufferers, disaster victims, or unidentified cadavers.
Chiefs of Police, Station Commanders, Chiefs of Detention Centers, and other PNP units are responsible for ensuring ten-print fingerprint cards are deposited at the nearest Crime Laboratory monthly.
Failure to submit fingerprint cards on a monthly basis shall be a basis for administrative sanctions.
Clearance Section of the Directorate for Intelligence, SAGSD and FED of Civil Security Group, Regional, District (NCRPO), Provincial City Directors, Directors of other PNP NSUs, and Chiefs of Police, Station Commanders, Chiefs of Stockades and Detention Centers.
For criminals, a mugshot (photograph) must be attached; for non-criminals, a 2x2 photograph with a nametag must be attached.
It covers the procedure for collecting fingerprint cards with attached photographs for the automated fingerprint identification system, applying to both criminals and certain non-criminal individuals as specified.
The consolidated criminal ten-print cards must be submitted monthly to the Fingerprint Identification Division for processing and inclusion in the AFIS database.
Yes, all directives, memoranda, and other issuances inconsistent with this memorandum circular are rescinded accordingly.