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Dearborn board hears pitch for statewide VIP registry to help reunite missing people with disabilities
Summary
County and city officials described a voluntary state VIP (vulnerable/impaired person) registration that uses fingerprints and photos to help law enforcement identify and reunite missing or wandering people with disabilities; Dearborn trustees discussed outreach, language access and school-based enrollment options.
County and local officials told the Dearborn Board of Education on Jan. 12 that a statewide program could speed reunions when people with cognitive impairments go missing.
"This is great because this is for the entire state of Michigan," said Muna Alawi, introducing the VIP program and explaining it complements Dearborn’s existing special-needs registry. The program stores a fingerprint and photograph and makes the information accessible to Michigan law enforcement when officers encounter an individual who cannot identify themselves.
Corporal Brent King of the Dearborn Police Department said the program is voluntary and free, and described a…
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