| The last time that you were arrested did you stop | | | | Also did you notice that the pad wasn't all squishy |
| to appreciate the ink pad that they were | | | | when the cop shoved your hand in it? Thats because |
| fingerprinting you with? If you are like most people, | | | | the days of squishy soft fingerprint pads are long |
| you most likely didn't and its a darn shame. This is | | | | gone. They have been replaced by new high tech, |
| because fingerprinting and fingerprinting ink pads just | | | | porous plastic and ceramic pads that that distribute |
| aren't what they used to be and now they come in | | | | the ink on your hands and finger far more evenly. |
| more choices then ever before. | | | | Even if they caught you at the scene of the crime |
| If you think that the large commercial model that the | | | | you perpitrated, fingerprinting you would have been a |
| cop stuck your hand in is all that is available then you | | | | breeze. This is because new specially designed, |
| may be surprised to learn that fingerprint pads now | | | | prepackaged disposable fingerprinting ink tape is |
| come in a wide selection of shapes and sizes now, | | | | available, so they can take your fingerprint right |
| including little cute round ones that can easily fit in a | | | | there. |
| shirt pocket. | | | | However; odds are that by the time you get picked |
| Also the reason that the cop who fingerprinted you | | | | up on your next parole violation they will have the |
| was in no hurry to close the lid on the finger print | | | | latest fingerprinting scanning technology in place down |
| pad, was because now they contain inks that are | | | | at the station where they booked you the last time. |
| specially formulated to not dry out if the case is left | | | | This technology is able to actually scan your |
| open. This gives police more time time to enjoy their | | | | fingerprints digitally and automatically register them in |
| free donuts and coffee, between fingerprinting | | | | its memory and leave your sticky fingers clean as a |
| inmates like you. | | | | whistle. |