Kitsap Crime and Justice

Josh Farley, the public safety and courts reporter, writes about crime and criminal justice issues.
Subscribe to RSS

Get Your Child’s Fingerprints, Photo and DNA Free Saturday

The thought of anyone’s child going missing is unconscionable. Yet it seems in this day and age, anything a parent can do to help safeguard their children from such an event is worth doing.

On Saturday, Peninsula Subraru hosts “The DNA Lifeprint Child Safety Event.” Put simply, you can take your children and get their digital fingerprints, a photo and a home DNA identification kit — all free of charge. All the items will be bundled into what’s called a child safety journal, which contains all the data law enforcement would need in the event the unthinkable happens.

The organizers note that none of the information is taken by authorities. It is for parents to keep. But should a child go missing, the information could be given to police and quickly added to a national database, greatly increasing the chances the child will come home safely.

The event is from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and there will even be free barbecue from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Peninsula Subaru is located at 3888 West Highway 16, in Gorst. For more information, call Steve Taylor and Gus Hillman at (800) 458-5808.

[Post to Twitter] Tweet This Post 

Email This Post Email This Post

Leave a Reply

Anti-Spam Protection by WP-SpamFree

Available on Kindle

E-mail notifications

Pages