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ACA  CHIPS © Electronic Digital Fingerprinting For Children

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The Child Alert Foundation has now expanded
ACA CHIPS with specialized versions
for MEXICO and CANADA



  ACA CHIPS Power User System  
and
CHIPS Lite© Safety Disk Program for Parents

The ACA Child Identification Poster System (ACA CHIPS)©
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Quickly becoming the industry standard and leader in digital fingerprinting systems for children and support of the Amber Alert Initiative.

CHIPS takes realtime infrared digital fingerprints and a live video snapshot of the person. This information is provided to the parents and can be saved digitally to diskette/CD or printed out and later used as input by law enforcement agencies to issue Amber Alerts if ever required.
 



"Recently purchased the ACA CHIPS system for the department. We love it!!   What an amazing system, and we haven't even covered all of the systems capabilities. Thanks so much."
Deputy Scott Boyum
Clay County Sheriff's Office
D.A.R.E./C.A.T. Unit

 


Information Saved For Parents On Disk or CD

ACA CHIPS allows your childs information to be stored digitally on disk or CD that stays in total control of the parent or guardian.  In the event that your child is reported missing or abducted, this disk can be used as input by any law enforcement to help expedite the alert process.  ACA CHIPS disks can be used by all law enforcement agencies who utilize the Abduction Central Alert (ACA)© program to deliver Amber Alerts to their surrounding community as well as those agencies who use other alert mechanisms.  Whether at home or traveling, having your child's information on a CHIPS disk readily available empowers you and helps law enforcement help you during times of need.


Why Pay More?

Other companies charge thousands of dollars more ($8,000 to $19,000) and force you to buy complete hardware packages whether you need the equipment or not. On top of that, add annual maintenance fees, paper supply fees and usage fees and you find yourself being held hostage for using their product.

We are all taxpayers. CAF wants to help you STOP wasting valuable tax dollars by purchasing items unnecessarily



Digital Versus Ink

While some organizations are resistant to change and still like to promote Polaroid snapshots and take messy ink fingerprints, more and more agencies are realizing that digital imaging is the way of the future.

Rather than have to have information re-scanned, wouldn't it be easier to have all of your child's information easily accessible on diskette that you're able to keep readily available? In the case of an emergency, your childs information could easily be imported into the Abduction Central Alert (ACA)© program for law enforcement to expedite the alert and get the information out that much faster.

        


Use Hardware You Already Have
Agencies who already have existing hardware are not required to purchase additional hardware to utilize the ACA Child Identification Poster System (CHIPS)©. Existing laptops, digital cameras and other equipment can, in some cases, be utilized without having to spend more on unnecessary equipment. For those schools, law enforcement agencies or other non profit organizations who do not already have equipment, CAF has a special arrangement with a local hardware provider and is helping CAF to offer the following computer hardware package.

This hardware package is available to law enforcement agencies, schools and other non-profit organizations who would like to utilize the ACA CHIPS © program in their area.

*** All component parts can be obtained individually on your own or as a part of this package ***

The manufacturer products presented are not required, only suggested brands being used by CAF

ACA CHIPS is the only Child Identification program available that will store information capable of interfacing with the Abduction Central Alert (ACA)© program used by many police and sheriff departments to power their Amber Alert / Amber Plan procedures.



Key Features of ACA CHIPS © Include:
Ability to save information to 3 1/2" diskette, or CD, ** or printed poster ***
Information on diskette or CD can be used as INPUT to Abduction Central Alert (ACA)©
Ability to print out ID Cards using stock available from local Office Max or Staples
Fingerprints and image stored for parents in digital format
Multiple language formats
User customized poster output
Can run on existing user owned hardware
Camera independant

** Recommended methods that interface to the Abduction Central Alert (ACA)© program.
*** Poster's can be printed out on regular 8.5" x 11" or 8.5" x 14" card stock paper with ID Cards appended


Click Here To See A List of Features


  TOTAL ACA CHIPS © Package Description Price
laptop.gif Laptop Computer              A comparable configuration:
1.5 GHz Pentium Processor    (IBM / Toshiba/ Gateway)
128 MB SDRAM
40 GB Hard Drive
DVD CD-RW Drive
56KB Modem
2 USB (2.0) Ports
Microsoft XP Professional
 
Logitech5000.gif Logitech Pro 5000 Color Camera  or similar 640 x 480 video image
capable of 1.3 megapixel digital photographs or higher
(Call for camera recommendations based on Operating System used)
 
crossmatch.gif Crossmatch Verifier 300 Infrared Scanner  USB 2.0

ANSI-NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Compliant
Superior forensic image quality

Individual orders for the infrared scanner can be made directly to Crossmatch Technologies with VISA/MC by calling 561-622-2146.
(refer that this will be used for the ACA CHIPS program)    (including LiveScan Systems)
 
epson777.gif Epson Color Printer or similar device capable of
8 pages per minute (ppm) 1400 dots per inch (dpi)
(Epson / Lexmark / etc.)
 
Belkin.gif 4 Port Universal Serial Bus (USB 2.0) Hub  
Targus Case Carrying Case  
ACA CHIPS CD ACA CHIPS © Software CD    (Standard Version)  
  TOTAL PACKAGE PRICE    TAX / Shipping / Handling NOT INCLUDED $4200
plus shipping

        

The ACA CHIPS © software is for sale from the Child Alert Foundation without having to purchase any hardware.

NOTE: All purchases are deemed charitable contributions to the Child Alert Foundation and are non refundable

  ACA CHIPS Software Selections   Price
ACA CHIPS CD ACA CHIPS © Software CD    (Standard Version) $1000
plus shipping
ACA CHIPS CD ACA CHIPS © Power System User Software CD   

Includes the following special features:
Allows up to 4 machines to be Networked together for distributed processing.
Enhanced user options for client customizations.
Produces Business CD labels
$2000
plus shipping
ACA CHIPS CD ACA CHIPS LITE © -- the Child Alert Safety Disk Program for Parents   

Includes the following special features:
Allows Child Alert Safety Disks to be created for up to 5 children
Gives parents total control over their children's information
Saves information on diskette or CD
Click Here For Pricing

*** ATTENTION ***  
The ACA CHIPS program IS NOT FOR RESALE purposes.
ACA CHIPS is to be used by the purchaser of the software and no one else.
*** ATTENTION ***  



Law Enforcement agencies may want to see if any Grants are available
for acquiring ACA CHIPS ©


ACA Child Identification Poster System ©
Minimum Requirements
Windows XP operating system WinXP
(Windows 98 / Me / 2000 / NT operating system are still supported but we do suggest that you upgrade to XP)
Laptop Computer with at least 1 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 Port recommended, parallel printer port, 3 1/2" floppy diskette, 1.5Ghz processor or better
Twain** compliant Digital Camera
Twain** compliant Infrared fingerprint scanner
Color printer
 
TWAIN ** is a technology standard designed specifically for graphic programs to access scanners and cameras. ACA CHIPS is TWAIN compliant, which means you can import any image from virtually any scanner or camera directly into ACA CHIPS


  Additional Items     Additional Items  
tripod.gif Camera Tripod $20 avery4150.gif AVERY 4150 Labels
Also available from Office Max or Staples
$12.59
slp100.gif Seiko Label Printer $99.95 DYMO310.gif DYMO 310 Label Printer
or
DYMO 330 Label Printer
$105.00
 
$130.00
35Drive.gif USB 3.5" Diskette Drive
 
$99.95 Grab-Bee3.gif Analog Video to USB Conversion Cable.
Used only for switching from other vendor systems to ACA CHIPS.
 
$75.00
FargoC30.gif Fargo C30 Persona DTC Card Printer
 
$2995.00 cr80.gif CR80-PVC ID-Cards

Set of 100 Blanks
 
$24.95
ymckok30.gif Fargo C30 YMCKOK DualSided Printer Ribbon
 
$109.95 avery5390.gif AVERY 5390 ID Card Stock
Also available from Office Max or Staples
$19.00
BusinessCD.gif 100 Business Card CD's
50 MB Capacity
 
$74.95

 

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