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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 06-2334

THE COURTS

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY

Central Booking Procedure; AD-377-2006

[36 Pa.B. 7241]
[Saturday, December 2, 2006]

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2006-13

   And Now, this 9th day of November, 2006, it is hereby ordered that the following procedure is adopted effective January 1, 2007:

DESIGNATION OF CENTRAL BOOKING CENTERS

   1.  The Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County hereby adopts a countywide Central Booking Center plan as set forth herein.

   2.  Central Booking Centers (hereinafter CBC) shall be located at the Northampton County Criminal Administration Building, 105 South Union Street, Easton, PA 18042, and at the City of Bethlehem Police Department, 10 East Church Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018.

CENTRAL BOOKING PROCEDURES

   3.  CBC shall be utilized to process and identify individuals arrested, charged or accused of a crime. Among the procedures to be conducted at CBC are photography, fingerprinting and determination of the prior record of involvement with the court system for the person who is processed.

   4.  All persons arrested, with or without a warrant, for a felony or misdemeanor, except those processed at Northampton County D.U.I, Centers, shall be taken to a CBC for processing prior to the preliminary arraignment. This requirement shall not apply to persons arrested and released pursuant to PA.R.CRIM.P. 519(B) who shall be processed in accord with paragraph

   5.  When an issuing authority issues a summons rather than an arrest warrant, the issuing authority shall send the following notice with the summons:

''Notice--Central Booking Required''

''You must report to the Central Booking Center at the Northampton County Criminal Administration Building, 105 South Union Street, Easton, PA 18042, for processing at least five (5) days before your preliminary hearing. Bring a copy of the summons with you to the Central Booking Center.
Failure to report to the Central Booking Center will cause your arrest and detention.''

   6.  CBC staff shall provide copies of photographs, fingerprints and prior record to the police prosecutor, the magisterial district judge who conducts the preliminary arraignment and who conducts the preliminary hearing, and to the District Attorney of Northampton County. Said material may be transmitted by use of advanced communication technology as that term is defined in PA.C. CRIM. P. 103.

VIDEO ARRAIGNMENT

   7.  Preliminary arraignments, during other than normal business hours of the magisterial district court, employing two-way simultaneous audio-visual communication pursuant to PA.R.CRIM.P. 540(A), shall be conducted at a CBC.

MISCELLANEOUS

   8.  (A) The Sheriff of Northampton County shall administer the countywide central booking plan and the CBC.

   (B)  All applicable federal and state technology standards for the collection and transmission of offender identification information shall be complied with.

   9.  Fingerprinting authorized by law, including 18 PA.C.S.A. § 3929(G) and 18 PA.C.S.A. § 9112, may be taken at a CBC.

   10.  Fingerprinting and photographing of a juvenile, as authorized by the Juvenile Act, 42 PA.C.S.A. § 6308 and § 6309, shall be done at a CBC.

   11.  Costs in the amount of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for central booking procedures performed pursuant to this administrative order shall be assessed upon conviction of a felony or misdemeanor or acceptance into the Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition Program. Said sum shall be paid to the Clerk of Court of the CriminalDivision who shall retain said funds in a special Central Booking Account until appropriated by the County as authorized by law.

By the Court

ROBERT A. FREEDBERG,   
President Judge

   Comment: Processing and identifying defendants charged with Driving Under the Influence, 75 PA.C.S.A. § 3802, shall continue at Northampton County D.U.I. Centers. Therefore, the costs imposed under Paragraph 11 do not apply to those defendants.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-2334. Filed for public inspection December 1, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]


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