Live Scan Technology: A Critical Tool for School Police Departments

School police departments face a significant responsibility: maintaining campus safety while meeting strict compliance standards for employee vetting. Live Scan is a digital fingerprinting process that captures and transmits fingerprints electronically to state and federal agencies for background checks. For school districts launching new police departments—or upgrading existing ones—choosing the right live scan solution directly impacts operational efficiency and regulatory compliance.

Eagle Advantage Solutions, Inc. (EAS) offers comprehensive public safety software and hardware solutions for sheriff's offices, police departments, corrections facilities, probate courts, school systems, airlines, airports, and more. Their Eagle*Biometrics platform provides school police departments with a proven, cost-effective fingerprinting solution.

Key Takeaways

• Live Scan fingerprinting can be configured to be used by law enforcement agencies or schools.

• Eagle*Biometrics meets all FBI and Georgia state compliance requirements for both criminal and applicant fingerprint submissions.

• Eagle*Biometrics supports mobile and desktop setups, allowing fingerprinting to be done in the field, in court, or at an office.

• Eagle Advantage Solutions, Inc. is listed on the FBI's Certified Products List.

  
  

What Is Live Scan and Why Do School Police Departments Need It?

Criminal fingerprinting is required for arrests and legal processing, while applicant fingerprinting is used for employment, licensing, or background checks. School police departments need both capabilities. Every teacher, administrator, bus driver, and contractor working on school property must pass a thorough background check before gaining access to students.

Eagle*Biometrics Live Scan allows an operator to input or capture a subject's demographic information, fingerprints, palm prints, and mugshots in compliant format. This single system handles the full spectrum of school safety fingerprinting requirements.

How Live Scan Supports Start-Up School Police Departments

Newly formed school police departments often operate with limited staff and tight budgets. A live scan system must be scalable and straightforward to use.

Whether you process 20 records per month or 20,000, Eagle Advantage can tailor a criminal or applicant solution to fit your needs. This scalability makes their live scan platform appropriate for small school districts and large urban systems alike.

Eagle*Biometrics simplifies the process, typically taking only a few minutes per individual for capture and electronic submission. Staff members without extensive technical training can operate the system effectively, reducing onboarding time for new departments.

Live Scan Flexibility: Mobile and Desktop Options

School police often operate across multiple campuses. A fixed fingerprinting station at a central office may not be practical.

Eagle*Biometrics offers both mobile and desktop fingerprinting solutions, giving your agency the flexibility to capture prints in the field or at the office. Available in desktop systems or portable configurations with durable travel cases, they serve a broad range of purposes.

This flexibility allows school police departments to conduct live scan fingerprinting at job fairs, orientation events, or individual school sites without transporting applicants to a central location.

Live Scan Compliance and Data Quality

Full compliance with FBI and state fingerprinting standards ensures Eagle*Biometrics helps your agency meet legal and reporting requirements with confidence.

Eagle*Biometrics is designed to capture high-resolution, high-quality prints, reducing rejection rates and improving processing success. Capturing accurate, high-quality fingerprints ensures reliable identification and minimizes rejections or resubmissions.

Rejected fingerprints delay hiring decisions and increase administrative workload. High-quality live scan capture prevents these issues.

Live Scan Integration with Records Systems

A live scan system must connect with a broader data management infrastructure. Live Scan's true value comes from how it connects to everything else. From records management systems to state and federal databases, biometric data must move quickly and accurately between systems. Eagle Advantage's solutions are built with that connectivity in mind, helping agencies reduce duplicate data entry and minimize the risk of errors.

Data sharing, hardware and software interfaces, fully compliant uploads, customized options, and built-in security are included. EAS provides everything you need to automate day-to-day operations, and software upgrades are included in your annual maintenance at no extra charge.

Support and Maintenance for Live Scan Systems

Eagle Advantage Solutions offers free standard version software upgrades and bug fixes, plus free replacement hardware due to defects and failures (included with most Live Scan systems).

For existing customers who require immediate assistance outside of normal business hours, a day shift technician will be available on an on-call basis.