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Be very glad for Scars Marks and Tattoos. Common names are a problem. We have to provide a hit list of names and aliases. The officer has to inspect these. We have learned a lot about identity and identification. Identity is not an intrinsic property. It is **always** a matter of matching multiple properties of the suspect, perp and/or victim. One problem is when this is the first time the name is in the system. Then they have few verified records to check. A citation/warrant/civil paper can get issued with little validation/verification. You got lucky. YMMV by agency and locale. Usually, the police aren't that sloppy though because misidentification is a well-known bear and they are trained and policies exist to check and recheck an identity. But it can happen and that is why most systems print photos when available. We could just go to RFIDs embedded at birth. ;-) len From: Doug Rudder [mailto:drudder@d...] Simon St. Laurent Wrote: >I kind of like being difficult to identify precisely, though it does >make for occasional complications. Like when I was almost arrested for a murder suspect of the same name (no relation), until the police officer noted that the warrant said the suspect was 6'5" (I'm 5'10"). I suppose I could have been wearing elevator shoes -- just pressed the down button. :-)
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