Terrace, BC –  Terrace RCMP are working hand-in-hand with parents in the community to help protect children in the community…

For the second year in a row, the RCMP’s Auxiliary Officers in the community have used National Missing Children’s Day as a day to help parents complete Child ID kits.

Photo at right shows Auxiliary Constable Dwayne Sheppard fingerprinting Alexis Hugon (courtesy RCMP).  Approximately 70 children were fingerprinted over the course of last Saturday’s three hour event.

Terrace RCMP Media Relations Officer, Constable Angela Rabut, says the best thing a parent can do to protect their child is teach them to be safe and aware."

Some prevention and awareness tips include:

• teaching your child that a stranger is not necessarily someone they’ve never seen or met before, but could be someone already known and seen everyday
• ensure your child knows his/her full name, parents’ full names, full address and telephone number
• explain how to use the phone, including pay phones and how to make a collect call
• it’s best to travel in groups and stay away from isolated areas like empty lots, parks and fields
• trust instincts – tell a parent if they feel something is suspicious or wrong, and about a person they don’t like

Rabut says having a completed Child ID kit is an invaluable resource in assisting emergency personnel in searching for a missing child.