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Committee hears sheriff’s presentation on child ID program; item tabled
Summary
A sheriff’s department representative described the Safe Child ID program, including digital fingerprinting and annual card production; committee discussion including questions on data retention ended with a motion to table the item.
A representative of the Erie County Sheriff’s Department described the department’s Safe Child ID program and answered council members’ questions about fingerprint storage and outreach during the Buffalo City Committee on Education meeting on Jan. 30, 2020.
The Sheriff’s Department representative said the program, run under the New York State Sheriffs’ Association after the state ended its direct operation, produces about 7,000 child ID cards each year at public events such as the Erie County Fair and the Buffalo Auto Show. "We take a photo, we get some other information, height, weight, date of birth, maybe scars," the representative said, and added that the program can…
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