booking officer
Arrest intake official
A booking officer is a law enforcement official who processes people taken into custody—recording personal information, photographing, fingerprinting, and cataloging charges.
The term refers to the administrative intake procedure at jails and police stations: The booking officer asked for my full legal name and date of birth.
- jailDetention facility
- custodyProtective care or control
- police stationLaw enforcement facility
- fingerprintsRidge patterns identifying individuals
- mugshotPolice identification photograph
personal effects · strip search · arrest · Miranda rights · intake · precinct · front desk · handcuffs · bail · phone call · holding cell · processing · detention · county jail · lockup · charges · cellblock · desk
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Law enforcer making detention
defense attorney · bail bondsman · public defender · parole officer · liberator
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Lawyer representing the accused
advocate · liberator · emancipator · rescuer · criminal defendant
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