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• Position: Marketing News - Banks can sponsor Operation KidSafe events to fingerprint, photograph children - Brief Article

What: Operation KidSafe, a program to assist police in the recovery of missing children by taking a digital photograph and set of digital fingerprints of children in the community.

Background: Over 3,000 children are reported missing each day in the United States. Most are found within minutes or hours and have happy endings. Police officials say that time is critical in the recovery of missing children. One major problem that costs precious time is the gathering of current photographs, fingerprints and statistical information to assist law enforcement agencies.

How: Operation KidSafe will take a child's picture using a digital video capture device that interacts with the program's custom software. The software then captures the child's fingerprints, using digital inkless fingerprint capture device, and includes them as part of the child's file. The parent is provided with a printout...