If you are looking to have a card made or have any questions about obtaining a SAFE CHILD card at local events, please refer to the participants list below and contact the agency that is listed for your county for more information.
Operation SAFE CHILD is a free public service program administered by the New York State Sheriffs’ Association.
The goal of this program is to provide parents and children with important child safety information and to capture the fingerprints, basic biographical information, and photographs of children – information critical to expediting the return of a missing child.
In addition to being able to quickly provide important details to law enforcement agencies investigating a child’s disappearance, the NYSSA SAFE CHILD Card serves as an important tool when used in conjunction with the NYS AMBER Alert and Missing Child Alert programs. The card allows essential missing child information to be disseminated, statewide if necessary, within minutes and dramatically increases the possibility of bringing a missing child home.
Participating New York State sheriffs’ offices and law enforcement agencies are able to produce a SAFE CHILD ID card for parents or guardians in less than two minutes.
- The card contains a child’s name, biographical information (including date of birth, gender, height, weight, hair color, eye color, and other identifying data), and a fingerprint image of both index fingers.
- Completed cards can be easily carried in a wallet or purse.
- Update the card as needed with your local participating SAFE CHILD agency.
Support Our Mission
Please consider becoming a member so that we can continue to provide SAFE CHILD ID cards at no charge to individuals in our state.