The service drew a large crowd of families.
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Volunteers worked to input all of the data into a state of the art system for Child Identification.
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The Michigan State Police helped at the event.
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The group's goal for the day was to record 300 children in Monroe.
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First, dental impressions were taken of each child.
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Next a swab was taken from the inside of their cheek for DNA identification.
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The volunteers, placed the child's dental impression, DNA swab and printed information for the parents in a zip lock bag for safe keeping.
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Then each family moved on to the finger printing, video taping area.
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After filling out a detailed form about each child, one by one, the kids were electronically finger printed, which meant no messy ink on little fingers!
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The finger prints on screen.
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Each child had their picture taken with a digital camera in which they are holding up a sign that has their name, date and Monroe Michigan on it.
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The back drop of each picture is a chart that shows the height of the child.
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Some kids needed a little comfort from mom or dad. Being the center of this much attention can be a scary!
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In addition to getting records of each child, this event familiarized kids with law enforcement officers so they know, these guys are your friends!
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In addition to still digital pictures, each child was given a microphone to speak into. They said their name on camera and answered a few questions.
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All of this digital information was burned to a CD for the parents to take home and keep in a safe place. We hope none of them will ever need to use it. Stay Safe!
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Thanks to all of the volunteers who helped make this possible for the children and families of Monroe County.
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