NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
August 21, 2008
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
NEW DIGITAL CHILD SAFETY ID KITS AVAILABLE
When a child
goes missing, minutes matter. Okaloosa residents now have a new method available
to help ensure vital information can be placed quickly into the hands of law
enforcement and media outlets.
Okaloosa
County Sheriff Charlie Morris today announced his agency, in partnership with
Beach Community Bank, will be the first in our region to offer the
SafeAssured Digital ID Kits.
The free kits allow parents and guardians to put a childss identifying
information and video on a mini-CD that is maintained by the family. The mini-CD
will include a high quality digital photo, digital video showing mannerisms and
gait, a full set of digital fingerprints, and a digital voice file, along with
general personal information.
Sheriff Morris
says having that kind of information ready for quick dissemination is critical
to any effort to find a missing child and return him or her to their family
safely. Beach Community Bank is
sponsoring the first wave of SafeAssured ID Kits for Okaloosa youngsters with a
$10,000 donation.
The
Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office and Beach Community Bank will hold the first
sign-up event September 6th, from 9 a.m. til noon, at the bank's main
office, 17 Southeast Eglin Parkway in Fort Walton Beach. Future events will be
announced through the media and published on the OCSO Website,
www.sheriff-okaloosa.org under the
Crime Prevention section.