CHILD

MIDDLETON, Mass. — The iris has it — the key to your identity, that is.

And someday soon, sheriff departments in the state’s 14 counties could be using iris scans to find missing children and adults, with the Middleton Jail taking the lead in making what used to be the stuff of James Bond films a reality.

Like your fingerprints, patterns, swirls, lines and spots on the iris never change. A scan of the iris with a digital camera can be stored in a database for retrieval later, and then used to verify a child’s identity.

 

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.