The California Identification System (Cal-ID) is the automated system maintained by the California Department of Justice (DOJ) for retaining fingerprint files and identifying latent fingerprints. Cal-ID monies are collected from the fees from each vehicle registered, two dollars for non-commercial vehicles and four dollars from commercial vehicles, and are used to fund programs that enhance the capacity of the state and local law enforcement to provide automated mobile, fixed Livescan fingerprint capture stations and Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) that allow identification of individuals involved in motor vehicle crimes. The California Department of Justice has established the Remote Access Network (RAN), which is a uniform statewide network of equipment and procedures allowing local law enforcement agencies direct access to the Cal-ID System. The Contra Costa County local RAN board determines the placement of RAN equipment within the County, and coordinates the acceptance, delivery, and installation of RAN equipment. The Office of the Sheriff, accting as the local RAN board, has distributed mobile fingerprint identification hardware to local law enforcement agencies within the County pursuant to the criteria specified in the Penal Code. Under the proposed contract, contractor will replace aging Livescan fingerprint capture device hardware, and provide implementation services and software support services so that local law enforcement agencies can continue to capture arrest and booking related fingerprints. The 3M Cogent Livescans provide the mechanism for the capture of fingerprints, photos and charge information as state and federally mandated for reporting to the California Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigations. The new hardware will come with updated the operating systems and reduce the current hardware failures experienced county-wide.

If the Office of the Sheriff is not allowed to contract with 3M Cogent for the Livescan hardware replacement, Livescan capture stations will experience extended downtime preventing officers from capturing the requisite fingerprint and arrest or booking data required by the state and federal mandates. This may lead to the release of subjects from booking facilities because they have not been identified and may be wanted for a more serious offense under another name. In addition, the lack of ability to identify an arrested subject may detain an individual that is not the person sought in a warrant or an investigation.

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