According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), approximately 2,000 children disappear in theme parks each year. While park staff is trained on how to handle missing children, identifying and reuniting children is another story, especially when children are young, scared, and/or unable to effectively communicate with authorities. Through image matching technology, STS facilitates the quick reunification of families through accurate identification and notification.
How It Works
Step One: Register
Upon arrival to the park, families may voluntarily register their child by completing a digital record. A record consists of a facial image as well as pertinent demographic and emergency contact information, which will help staff identify and reunite the child should they become lost. Record is stored for the number of days the family has entry into the park.
Step Two: Locate
When a lost child is located by or turned into park staff, the employee will take a facial photo of the lost child via the STS app and submit it to the park registry. The registry will automatically search attendee records for matches by image or data and alert staff if a match is found. Staff will review potential matches to verify.
Step Three: Identify & Reunify
Once staff has verified a match, the employee can access the identification of the child as well as their corresponding emergency contact information. The employee will then notify the family or guardian via the information provided in the child's registry record.
With STS, identify and reunite missing or lost children providing peace of mind to families.
STS was designed as an all-systems approach to emergency response for the emergency medical services, law enforcement, emergency management, hospitals, and social services.
STS only needs a computer to document critical community members in a voluntary database and an iOS smart device app to capture their image upon location to quickly and accurately identify who they are and reunite them with their family.
Discover how STS can work for your community.
See how to upload records to create a voluntary database of critical citizens, create a trackable record in real-time when unknown individual is located, and match that record against the database to identify who they are and how to meet their needs. During our demo, you will learn about potential grant opportunities to secure federal funding to purchase STS.