Politics & Government
FBI Provides Free iPhone App To Identify Children
The new application provided by the FBI stores detailed information on children, including pictures, so that in case a child is lost, the information is available on one's cell phone and can also be quickly emailed to law enforcement.
Parents who worry about losing their kids in crowded places can breathe a little easier thanks to the FBI.
Mom or dad can now download an FBI app that stores identifying information about their child, including a current picture.
The app is easily downloaded through the app store on iPhone and will soon become available on other smartphones, according to a press release issued by the FBI.
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The new app stores the child's name, birthdate, address, guardian information, telephone numbers of parents or guardians, height weight, hair and eye color, ethnicity, identifying characteristics and perhaps most important, a picture.
Once the short bio is completed, the app allows one to take an iPhone picture of the child.
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There is no option for using a stored picture.
"The app also includes tips on keeping children safe as well as specific guidance on what to do in those first few crucial hours after a child goes missing," the press release states.
The FBI currently is working to publicize the app with the American Football Coaches Association a partner in the National Child Identification Program, which provides a physical kit to gather a child’s pictures, fingerprints, personal characteristics, and even DNA to keep with one in case of emergency.
