At tonight's troop meeting, a group of scouts were able to meeting with Simsbury Police Officer Kushman to learn about fingerprinting and its use in law enforcement. The scouts were able to even take their own fingerprints at the meeting. While the troop was too large to get all the scouts to attend the class, a second class will be held in the future to allow the newer scouts to earn their fingerprinting merit badge as well.
To lean more about fingerprinting, here is a website discussing the different fingerprint patterns and another that goes into the requirements of the merit badge.
