A law enforcement officer may take temporary custody of a child to take fingerprints if the officer:

• A. Has probable cause to believe that the child engaged in delinquent conduct and there are fingerprints for comparison
• B. Has a warrant
• C. Has parental consent
• D. The child is in custody already

Answer: (A)

The main idea you’re being tested on is when a police officer may lawfully take a juvenile’s fingerprints without parental consent. The correct approach is that the officer may do so when there is probable cause to believe the child engaged in delinquent conduct and there are fingerprints available for comparison. This combination gives a concrete, identification-based basis for fingerprinting: there’s a suspected act, and a reference set of prints exists to compare against the child’s prints. A warrant isn’t required in this situation, and parental consent isn’t necessary when those条件 are met. Simply being in custody doesn’t by itself justify fingerprinting without this probable cause and reference prints.