Barr Allows FBI to Run Records on Juvenile Offenders
Atty. Gen. William P. Barr has authorized the FBI to begin collecting and distributing the state criminal histories of juvenile offenders.
Previously, the FBI could only collect records of juveniles tried as adults.
Barr’s decision, announced Thursday, drew protests from some state and local probation and juvenile officials and praise from some law enforcement officers concerned over the rise in juvenile crime.
Under the new rules, the bureau can accept from state law enforcement agencies fingerprint cards and arrest and conviction records of juveniles charged with “serious and-or significant offenses,” Barr said.
Barr emphasized that no state would be compelled to give any juvenile record to the FBI.
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