Miami County Sheriff's Office to Introduce New Child Protection System
Submitted by MichaelVail on Wed, 01/10/2007 - 11:36pm.
Kokomo Perspective
Posted: Jan 9, 2007
Peru, Ind. - Sheriff Ken Roland announced today that the Miami County Sheriff's Office will introduce a new system that will identify and locate missing children and adults through the use of Iris Recognition Biometric Technology.
At a press conference to be held at the Miami County Sheriff's Office, 35 court Street in Peru, Sheriff Roland will officially launch The Children's Identification and Location Database (CHILD) Project. His office will be the second in Indiana to install the CHILD Project System.
The funds to pay for the Child Project system were secured through a congressional earmark submitted by U.S. Representative Dan Burton.
The CHILD Project is a secure nationwide network and registry that enables law enforcement and social service agencies to locate and positively identify missing children and adults with iris biometric recognition technology. Through this network, the CHILD Project will compare the unique features contained in the iris against a central repository of individuals who voluntarily enroll throughout the country to determine identity. Participation is entirely voluntary, just as it is now with fingerprint and photo ID card programs.
Iris recognition biometric technology positively determines the identity of an individual by capturing a high-resolution digital photograph of an individual's iris. The technology can tell the difference between twins or even an individual's right and left eye. The technology is non-intrusive. An image of the iris is captured by simply looking into the camera. The system was developed by Biometric Intelligence & Identification Technologies (BI2 Technologies) of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
"Today marks the official beginning of this important project in Miami County," said Sheriff Roland. "This new technology will help us identify and locate missing children, as well as seniors who may wander due to Alzheimer's disease or dementia. I would like to thank Congressman Burton for his assistance in helping us protect the citizens of Miami County."
"I am very happy that we were able to secure funding for this innovative new program," said Congressman Burton. "This system will fill an important gap in our nation's ability to quickly, and positively identify missing children and adults."
The CHILD Project central repository will be hosted by The Nation's Missing Children Organization and National Center for Missing Adults (NMCO), a nonprofit agency providing nationwide assistance to law enforcement and families of missing persons.
"According to U.S. Department of Justice studies, on average, more than 2,000 children are reported missing every day across the nation and there are currently over 47,000 active missing adult cases," said Sean Mullin, President of BI2 Technologies, developers of the CHILD Project. "We are pleased to team up with the Sheriff's Office to provide a technology that can help reunite missing children and seniors with their families."
With this official announcement, BI2 Technologies will continue to identify other sheriffs' offices that want to participate in the program and will work with them to secure funding for the system from state and federal agencies, and private sources.
Posted: Jan 9, 2007
Peru, Ind. - Sheriff Ken Roland announced today that the Miami County Sheriff's Office will introduce a new system that will identify and locate missing children and adults through the use of Iris Recognition Biometric Technology.
At a press conference to be held at the Miami County Sheriff's Office, 35 court Street in Peru, Sheriff Roland will officially launch The Children's Identification and Location Database (CHILD) Project. His office will be the second in Indiana to install the CHILD Project System.
The funds to pay for the Child Project system were secured through a congressional earmark submitted by U.S. Representative Dan Burton.
The CHILD Project is a secure nationwide network and registry that enables law enforcement and social service agencies to locate and positively identify missing children and adults with iris biometric recognition technology. Through this network, the CHILD Project will compare the unique features contained in the iris against a central repository of individuals who voluntarily enroll throughout the country to determine identity. Participation is entirely voluntary, just as it is now with fingerprint and photo ID card programs.
Iris recognition biometric technology positively determines the identity of an individual by capturing a high-resolution digital photograph of an individual's iris. The technology can tell the difference between twins or even an individual's right and left eye. The technology is non-intrusive. An image of the iris is captured by simply looking into the camera. The system was developed by Biometric Intelligence & Identification Technologies (BI2 Technologies) of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
"Today marks the official beginning of this important project in Miami County," said Sheriff Roland. "This new technology will help us identify and locate missing children, as well as seniors who may wander due to Alzheimer's disease or dementia. I would like to thank Congressman Burton for his assistance in helping us protect the citizens of Miami County."
"I am very happy that we were able to secure funding for this innovative new program," said Congressman Burton. "This system will fill an important gap in our nation's ability to quickly, and positively identify missing children and adults."
The CHILD Project central repository will be hosted by The Nation's Missing Children Organization and National Center for Missing Adults (NMCO), a nonprofit agency providing nationwide assistance to law enforcement and families of missing persons.
"According to U.S. Department of Justice studies, on average, more than 2,000 children are reported missing every day across the nation and there are currently over 47,000 active missing adult cases," said Sean Mullin, President of BI2 Technologies, developers of the CHILD Project. "We are pleased to team up with the Sheriff's Office to provide a technology that can help reunite missing children and seniors with their families."
With this official announcement, BI2 Technologies will continue to identify other sheriffs' offices that want to participate in the program and will work with them to secure funding for the system from state and federal agencies, and private sources.
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