Nueces County may be one fingerprint scan away from a less populated jail.

County Commissioner's on Wednesday approved nearly $10,000 for a "LiveScan" system. The $9,523 system, used to capture fingerprints and run criminal histories on people, will be used to streamline the county's "cite in lieu of arrest" program.

The upcoming program will give Corpus Christi Police Department officers and Nueces County Sheriff's deputies the discretion to give citations in lieu of arrest."

District Attorney Mark Gonzalez said the LiveScan system will be kept at the Nueces County Courthouse. Those who get a citation would come to court for a mass arraignment, which would be held bi-monthly.

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New England organized crime figure James "Whitey" Bulger is shown in these 1984 photos originally released by the FBI.
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New England organized crime figure James "Whitey" Bulger is shown in these 1984 photos originally released by the FBI.

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We heard the claim all day after word came in that authorities had nabbed mobster Whitey Bulger. We heard that news of his capture in Boston was as big as news that Osama bin Laden had been killed.

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