Brecksville City Council Approves New Computer For Police Department

The will soon be able to run electronic fingerprint tests for civilians. 

On Tuesday, Brecksville’s City Council approved a resolution allowing the department to accept a computer from the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation to electronically run the tests.

The department already has the equipment to run fingerprints for criminal cases, Chief Richard E. Mannarino said, but civilian fingerprinting had to be done the old-fashioned way. Mannarino said the bureau had received a grant for a number of computers to run fingerprints electronically and had given most to BMVs. The ones that are left over are being given out to departments like Brecksville, he said.  

The technology will save the department money; currently, it costs about $60 to send out tests for things like background tests, Mannarino said. Any law enforcement-related tests would now be free, he added, noting that the department will just have to pay about $700 a year for maintenance fees.  

In other council news:

• The council approved a resolution appointing Mitchell A. Lorig as a part-time police officer. Lorig had recently been appointed a part-time jailer in the department, said Council President Larry J. Potla. 
• Brecksville will now be part of Cuyahoga County’s emergency plan. Council members approved a resolution submitted by the city’s Fire Department for the city to use the county’s established plan, rather than a separate one. 
• Council approved the creation of a new, part-time job in the city and an increase in pay to another. The new position is the deputy to the clerk of courts; Potla said there are no immediate plans to fill that job at this time. The increase would be for a seasonal, assistant part-time horticulturist, an existing position.