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I got the form yesterday , called Austin they told me to fax it in and I did , still have to mail in original copy.
So glad that is out of the way.

Everything went great , hopefully i should have my form tommorrow to send to state....

Well , I finally have time to meet with my local PD and go down and roll some prints. Hopefully everything goes smothly and I get the paper to send to Austin so I can do my own prints.....

Let everyone know how it goes tommorow.....

Finally got a lead on being able to do my own fingerprinting myself. Hope it goes through. Just have to check my schedule and call him back.

Crossfire wrote:

Captain Matt wrote:One of the advantages of having somebody else do the prints is you can continue teaching the class while they do it, instead of having to take an hour break to do the prints and making the class run longer to honestly give students the required number of hours of instruction.

That is the BIGGEST drawback to doing your own prints. Getting good prints is not something that can be rushed. The fingerprinter half of the Crossfire team never gets a break. One teaches while the other prints.

We have determined that our class size limit is about 25, because that is how many we can comfortably print during a 10 hour class.

That is what I want to do Crossfire , me teach while wife fingerprints...

I can see that , but I wanted to be able to do prints , well I was trying to find out how I can get qualified to do them so I could get my wife to go with me so she can do the prints while I teach. I just wanted to streamline the entire process for the class. I do have a cop that I talked to he said he could do the prints for me . Of course for a small fee.... my go that way , but he can only do it Mondays and Tuesdays

Since Ive been getting the run around I just may tell people to get prints done at DPS or Local PD
I dont want to but looks like I dont have a choice
I want to make it easy on people for the class

Im really starting to get alittle annoyed about the whole finding out where to get qualified to to fingerprinting. Ive called at least 3 different DP and talked to several LEO and no one seems to know anything about this what the DPS is talking about.
Just shot DPS another question concerning this.
Anyone have any ideas , really dont want to depend on someone else but myself to do this.
-Edward

Granted I am looking to [abbreviated profanity deleted] the prints myself for my classes. I just dont want to depend on someone else to do things for me.If I could do them would be so much easier , students come in I do pics and prints with the class, you know.
Anyway I do alot of Police with Garland PD , I`m waiting on a call back from one of the guys that I know. When I called down there for him he was out , but the ol` boy that I spoke to said he does prints for Instructors when needed. So I`ll see what he tells me. True it would be less stress for me if a set of prints doesnt come back.
My wife is a notary , she is going to help with paperwork and pictures and things of that sort.
I`ll just have to wait and see. I still may get that name and number from you still just to have , if you do`t mind , please.
Thanks
-Edward

This i know , but they seem not to know about theses steps. Or like I said , maybe "want' to do this.Maybe they dont want to go through this , I just dont know.

I understand what I need to do , but when I called the local PD , they had no knowledge of this , or seem to have none.
I just need to find someone that knows what I`m talking about , so I can do prints.

this is what I got back from DPS
Dear Sir,

Please refer to GC 411.174(5) of your law book. The agency can’t “certify” you to fingerprint however they can give a statement stating that you’re qualified to take prints for concealed handgun students. If they have any questions, they can call the toll free number.



Regulatory Licensing Service/CHLB

Need to get some information on getting set-up so I can take fingerprints.I know instructors that do their own fingerprinting for their students.
Does anyone know what the steps are to start fingerprinting for their students? I`ve called a couple local PDs and they know nothing about it. I shot an email to DPS , so waiting on that to come back.
All they tell me is that they do it , but they can not offer anything for me as an Instructor to start doing them.
Any help please or advice.....
-Edward