What are my son’s rights regarding an arrest and a subsequent request to come back to the police station for fingerprinting?

What are my son’s rights regarding an arrest and a subsequent request to come back to the police station for fingerprinting?

My son 17 year old son was arrested a week and a half ago on alledged resisting arrest charges at the mall for trying to exit the mall after closing hours through a door that was about to close. He was detained and relased to my care the same night since he has never been in trouble and has no priors. I received a call last night from the arresting officer stating that I have to take my son back to the precinct today to perform fingerprinting since the fingerprinting machine was not working at the time he was arrested. Do I have to take my son to do this now after a weeek and a half has gone by and before we go to court in 2 days? Is this even legal?

Asked on April 30, 2014 under Criminal Law, New Jersey

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