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Memorandum INFn <br /> '~/ -\/ l'dayor and City Council O~ATI~,~ <br /> ~ ~;~m: ~omas D. Zemas, Chief of Police~ <br />El iver Date: April 13, 2000 ~ <br /> <br />Police Department Subject: CHILD SECURITY IDENTIFICATION <br /> SYSTEM <br /> <br />Every year the police department, either at our law enforcement open <br />house or in the schools, conducts child fingerprinting clinics for <br />children in the community. These fingerprint cards are kept by the <br />parents for identification purposes should their child(ren) ever be <br />abducted. <br /> <br />In the past, we have had to use ink pads and fingerprint cards that, as <br />you can imagine with young children, becomes very messy for the <br />children and us, as well. <br /> <br />We have found a new child security identification system called <br />CompuKid that is state of the art digital video capturing. A <br />photograph of the child is taken, along with their fingerprints being <br />digitally photographed. This is printed onto a piece of paper, along <br />with personal information about the child. <br /> <br />This information is then stored on a disk, given to the parents for them <br />to keep should the unthinkable ever occur. The cost for this system is <br />approximately eight thousand dollars ($8,OOO.OO). <br /> <br />We have been asking around the community to see if there might be <br />support from the business community and fraternal organizations. I <br />am happy to report that Crime Prevention Officer Darren McKernan <br />has been very successful. He currently has raised approximately <br />seven thousand dollars ($7,000.00) for the CompuKid purchase, with <br />commitments for another one thousand dollars ($1 ,OOO.OO) <br /> <br />With our open house scheduled for May 6, 2000, Darren arranged <br />with the company that sells CompuKid for us to have a demo for child <br />fingerprinting that day. If we raise the remaining funds, we would <br />then purchase the demo provided. <br /> <br />I am, therefore, advising you of this possible purchase and hope that <br />you won't object to the purchase if we receive donations to cover the <br />cost. If you have any problems with this planned purchase, please <br />contact me. <br /> <br />TDZ/knaa <br /> <br />13065 Or0n0 Parkway · P.O. Box 723 · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-2324 · Fax (612) 441-8937 <br /> <br /> <br />