Pursuant to California Proposition 69 (The DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act) and under the provisions of California Penal Code Section 296, the Los Angeles County Probation Department must collect DNA samples and palm print impressions on all adult probationers convicted of the following:

The Department must also collect DNA samples and palm print impressions on all juvenile probationers who have been adjudicated for a sustained petition of a felony or a qualifying misdemeanor.  Pretrial Services employees collect DNA samples and palm print impressions for both adult probationers and juvenile probationers.  Live Scan machines are operational at the collection sites to ensure compliance with the palm print impression-capturing requirement of Proposition 69.