Police and 911 dispatchers call it the “name game,” when officers have a wanted suspect who’s trying to give them a false name to avoid a trip to jail.
Several years ago, police said a man got off the hook temporarily by giving his brother’s name, which later led to problems for the brother.
Some of that is supposed to end in Clark County in the next few weeks, when a computer system called ACCESS will allow officers to pull up images of drivers’ licenses, photos and all, from the state Department of Licensing.
“This is about catching bad guys who are trying to deceive us by using fake names,” Chief John R. Batiste with the Washington State Patrol said in a bulletin. “We are now able to completely determine the real identity of these people.”