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Thousands of high school refs to be fingerprinted

Today's News-Herald
Published Tuesday, February 7, 2012 3:05 AM MST

Associated Press

PHOENIX — The agency that oversees high school sports in Arizona will begin fingerprinting thousands of referees and umpires and running those officials through an FBI criminal database before they're allowed to supervise sporting events involving children.

Arizona Interscholastic Association Director Harold Slemmer tells The Arizona Republic fingerprinting refs will help the group more effectively weed out sex offenders and protect students.

The move is in reaction to the September arrest of a former softball umpire who authorities said had a history of sex crimes.

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