What happens at a free AMBER Alert Safe Child ID Event?
Parents/Guardians fill out a pertinent information form.
Children are weighed and measured.
Volunteers input the information from the form to the computer.
A digital picture of the children is taken.
Parents/Guardians are given one ID card for each child.
Additional cards are available upon request for a minimal fee.
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Who should carry an AMBER Alert Safe Child ID card?
All parents/guardians as well as any caregiver that takes the child to a public venue should carry an ID card with them.
Why is the AMBER Alert Safe Child ID Project the preferred method of child registration?
The AMBER Alert Safe Child ID Project is the only known program to pass out an ID card to parents that can be immediately handed to Law Enforcement as soon a child is discovered missing.
The AMBER Alert Safe Child ID Project does not print the name, address or phone number of the child on the ID card.
The only way to obtain a child’sinformation is by the ID number printed on the ID card. (If the ID card is lost or stolen, potential perpetrators can not gain access to a child’s personal information.)
If a child’s ID card is lost or stolen, the information for that child is still in the National Data Base and available to legitimate Law Enforcement.
Only verified Law Enforcement can access the Child’s Information.
The AMBER Alert Safe Child ID Project is the only known program to accept newborns to children up to age 18.
Updating a child’s information: You can update the information at any ID Event. In children newborns to 4 years old every 6 months, 5 years old to 17 years old once a year.
What to do if a child is abducted.
Call 911 immediately!
- If a child is registered with the AMBER Alert Safe Child ID program, provide Law Enforcement with the child’s ID card.
- If a child is registered, but you can not locate the ID card, inform law enforcement the child is registered and provide law enforcement with child’s full name and date of birth.
- Provide all information pertaining to the location and events that occurred leading to the abduction. A picture of the child (such as the Amber Alert Safe Child ID Card), a physical description of the child including clothing worn and type of shoes, and any description of the suspect and/or any vehicle involved.
If you hear or see an AMBER Alert…
- Watch for the child, suspect and vehicle described in the alert.
- Immediately report any sightings by calling 911.
- Do not attempt to stop or intervene as it may harm the child or you.
What about Privacy and Security?
- The AMBER Alert Safe Child ID Project has endeavored to provide both privacy and security of the information and the computer system.
- Privacy of the information is achieved by omitting the child’s name and address from the Identification Card and also omitting the child’s address from the database.
- Security of the data is provided by making access to the information only available to law enforcement officials who can activate an AMBER Alert
* Source United States Department of Justice