Aggressive ID program for children approved.

Boston Globe ^ | 10/13/2002 | By Franco Ordonez, Globe Staff Correspondent

[vannrox]

The School Committee has voted to offer parents the opportunity to have their children videotaped, fingerprinted, and ''toothprinted'' at school as a way to give police more to work with in the event of an abduction or lost child.

Milford will become the 29th school system in the Commonwealth to join the Massachusetts Child Identification Program, also known as CHIP. Sponsored by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts, it is considered by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to be one of the most aggressive child-identification programs in the country.

[vannrox]

Big Brother is Here.

[d101302]

Big Brother is Here.

And who would have thought he'd be summoned by neurotic liberal soccer moms?

[lsee]

All videotapes, fingerprints, and toothprints are given to the parents.

[Slyfox]

An "offer" will become mandatory.

It used to be that the only ones who got fingerprinted were those who participated in criminal activity. How are fingerprints on file somewhere going to keep a kid from getting abducted? This is only for if they find a dead body. How would having fingerprints on file have helped little Samantha who was abducted while screaming for her friend to get her grandmother?

[dinasour]

It gives the police a current and realistic picture of the child. As well as information that could be used to at least procecute the kidnapper. This may at least stop him from attacking again.

[vannrox]

"...All videotapes, fingerprints, and toothprints are given to the parents..."

This should read...

"...All videotapes, fingerprints, and toothprints are kept confidential and the informnation is only given to the parents...."

Remember, this is in Massachusetts. The Government keeps all records. Duh!

[FreeTally]

Big Brother is Here.

Oh, this would be really bad if chldren grew-up and became adults because then in about 20 years, we'd have adults conditioned to being "identified". Uh, hold on, wait.......

[RAT Patrol]

Our road is paved with good intentions.

[DTA]

>>>>>>Our road is paved with good intentions<<<<<<

[Ranger Drew]

"The School Committee has voted to offer parents the opportunity to have their children videotaped, fingerprinted, and ''toothprinted'' at school as a way to give police more to work with in the event of an abduction or lost child."

Hate to bust anyone's bubble, but all this will do is help them identify the body afterwards via physical I.D. (video and fingerprints) and dental records (toothprints).

If you want to protect your children, make it your task to educate your children on safety, arm yourself, don't leave children unattended for even a second, and keep your eyes open. As quoted in the movie "Raising Arizona",..."If you want a cop,...call a Dunkin Donuts". In other words, be "proactive" not "reactive" like most law enforcement agencies in this country.

[Jake0001]

Absolutely, it serves no purpose except expediate the creation of a government database.

Most parents would have all those things and more already anyway.

[RAT Patrol]

I'm not sure that road to h*ll was paved with good intentions, lol.