In their infinite wisdom, the powers at DPS require TRN's & TRS's for CJIS purposes. No problem there, it's a computer system, and unique numbers are the best tool available for tracking. HOWEVER the system is set up so that, as I understand it, the only way a TRN can be attached is AFTER ARREST. This is true to Chapter 60 C.C.P. since it talks in terms of reporting what occurs AFTER ARREST. BUT - as you know many cases are filed, via information or indictment, BEFORE arrest, and many are disposed of WITHOUT arrest, and in fact with no appearance in court. The main example of this would be in the hot check arena. Does anyone know of a way to attach a TRN to a criminal case that never had an actual custodial arrest and fingerprinting done prior to its disposal? DPS's answer is to require anyone receiving a disposal, (I'm talking dismissal, not probation), without arrest to report to the SO for processing.