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Did anyone else here get fingerprinted in elementary school, when the cops stopped by to say hi and talk about safety? We all were. This was in the mid 80's in Maine. I thought it was cool at the time, but I feel violated now. And I'm pretty sure my parents weren't asked.

More to the point: how would this generation feel about the police coming to school and taking DNA samples?

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> Did anyone else here get fingerprinted in elementary school, when the cops stopped by to say hi and talk about safety?

Boyscout "fingerprinting merit badge". Interestingly they had us do none of the actual requirements (well, at least from the 2003 requirements, I don't know what they were at the time); the only thing we did was get fingerprinted by the police.

Were it not for that, I would remain un-fingerprinted to this day. I am somewhat upset about that.

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