Posted on Wed, Jul. 06, 2005
 
McNeal will scan visitor IDs

RICHARD DYMOND

Herald Staff Writer

EAST MANATEE - McNeal Elementary School will have the capability 
in the fall to scan the driver's licenses of visitors and single 
out sexual predators.

In perhaps the first instance of a district school having the
technology to scan licenses, McNeal paid $1,500 for the first-year
access fee, a printer, a scanner, training and a case of labels, 
said Allan Measom, president and chief executive officer of Raptor
Technologies Inc., a Texas company that has sold scanning equipment 
to 800 schools in Florida, Texas, Illinois, Arizona and California.

McNeal will also pay $432 annually after the first year for access 
to the database, which Raptor has compiled to list sexual predators,
Measom said.

[...]

The Raptor system is tied into the Internet. The visitor's license 
is scanned for a match on one of the databases.

"If there is a hit, it brings a picture back to the monitor in one 
to 10 seconds," Measom said.

The screen is pointed away from the visitor. No matter what the
scanner turns up, a visitor's badge is printed.

"There is a protocol set up where the school secretary is told to have
the visitor have a seat while the principal is notified," Measom said.

An e-mail can instantly be sent to law enforcement.

The system has flagged sex offenders in Texas, Florida and other states 
where it has been used, Measom said. The system can also record all the 
visits so school officials can print a consolidated report.

[...]

Full article at "Herald Today"
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/12063817.htm

Cheers, Steve...

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