Ident–A–Youth
Ident–A–Youth
The Ident–A–Youth program is administered free–of–charge to provide
Suffolk County parents with a record of their children’s fingerprints to file away for
safekeeping.
When a child goes missing, it can be one of the most harrowing and traumatic times that a
parent can experience. Having a fingerprint record, along with recent photographs and other
pertinent information, to give authorities can greatly assist their efforts to locate and
identify a missing child.
The process through which a fingerprint is taken is really quite simple; a participant lightly
touches the inkpad with their finger and then presses it into the designated boxes on the
Sheriff’s Ident–A–Youth sheet, which is then given to their parent or guardian
to take home. There is no other record or copy of the child’s prints left behind, and the
ink used to make the print is easily removed from the fingers with the assistance of a paper towel or napkin. |
