Parents waive 4th amendment protections for access to their children
Submitted by MichaelVail on Thu, 03/15/2007 - 3:55pm.
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Posted: Mar 13, 2007
Bryant Elementary becomes the first school in the country to use new state of the art technology aimed at keeping kids safe. That's thanks to a grant from the Department of Justice. The new Raptor Scanner, is in place starting Monday. The Raptor scans the ID's of everyone who tries to pick up a child from the school and is in sync with local police departments.
Administrators at Bryant Elementary say the Raptor was born after Hurricane Katrina because there were literally thousands of unaccounted sex offenders on the streets.
"I think that would probably be my worst nightmare, to get a call from the school saying that someone took your child, yea that would be the worst thing to happen," said Lajena Holt.
Lajena Holt is like many parents worried that a break in the security system at her child's school could mean that a stranger, a sexual predator, or even a dangerous family member could walk off with her child.
That's why administrators lobbied for a $1,500 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, they got it and Monday at Bryant Elementary, the Raptor is making sure students don't go home with anyone their not supposed to. When parents come to Bryant Elementary to pick up their kids, the first thing they do is report to the office, then they hand over their drivers license, it's then scanned into the national database for sexual predators.
The whole process takes about 15 seconds. Bryant Elementary Assistant Principal Mark Scarlett says the process is easy on them and on you.
"You hit scan, the scanning process begins and the drivers license goes through the Raptor technology. Then your picture comes up and it goes through the national database," said Mark Scarlett. "The moment it comes up here, it comes up to the Bryant Police department, the Little Rock Police Department, it lets everyone know," says Scarlett.
Scarlett says the Raptor let's everyone know within a few seconds if the person trying to take your child is a convicted sex offender.
"It keeps up with attendance, it keeps up with tardies, there are a lot of other uses this thing has, but the main use is to protect our students, and of course protecting our students, when their parents send them here, that's one of the first things they want us to be able to do is make sure their kids are safe," says Scarlett.
Lajena says the Raptor helps her breath a little easier.
"That's one less thing I have to worry about, is anyone coming up here and doing anything. With this new system that is in place here, there won't be any of that going. It makes me feel a whole lot better," says Holt.
If a dangerous person does try to leave with your child, local police will be alerted within seconds.
Posted: Mar 13, 2007
Bryant Elementary becomes the first school in the country to use new state of the art technology aimed at keeping kids safe. That's thanks to a grant from the Department of Justice. The new Raptor Scanner, is in place starting Monday. The Raptor scans the ID's of everyone who tries to pick up a child from the school and is in sync with local police departments.
Administrators at Bryant Elementary say the Raptor was born after Hurricane Katrina because there were literally thousands of unaccounted sex offenders on the streets.
"I think that would probably be my worst nightmare, to get a call from the school saying that someone took your child, yea that would be the worst thing to happen," said Lajena Holt.
Lajena Holt is like many parents worried that a break in the security system at her child's school could mean that a stranger, a sexual predator, or even a dangerous family member could walk off with her child.
That's why administrators lobbied for a $1,500 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, they got it and Monday at Bryant Elementary, the Raptor is making sure students don't go home with anyone their not supposed to. When parents come to Bryant Elementary to pick up their kids, the first thing they do is report to the office, then they hand over their drivers license, it's then scanned into the national database for sexual predators.
The whole process takes about 15 seconds. Bryant Elementary Assistant Principal Mark Scarlett says the process is easy on them and on you.
"You hit scan, the scanning process begins and the drivers license goes through the Raptor technology. Then your picture comes up and it goes through the national database," said Mark Scarlett. "The moment it comes up here, it comes up to the Bryant Police department, the Little Rock Police Department, it lets everyone know," says Scarlett.
Scarlett says the Raptor let's everyone know within a few seconds if the person trying to take your child is a convicted sex offender.
"It keeps up with attendance, it keeps up with tardies, there are a lot of other uses this thing has, but the main use is to protect our students, and of course protecting our students, when their parents send them here, that's one of the first things they want us to be able to do is make sure their kids are safe," says Scarlett.
Lajena says the Raptor helps her breath a little easier.
"That's one less thing I have to worry about, is anyone coming up here and doing anything. With this new system that is in place here, there won't be any of that going. It makes me feel a whole lot better," says Holt.
If a dangerous person does try to leave with your child, local police will be alerted within seconds.
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