Following Sex Offender Scandal, New Zealand Looks to Biometrics for Teacher Vetting

Sex teacher report a 'serious wake up call' - Parata (TVNZ)

Education Minister Hekia Parata released the findings of a Ministerial Inquiry today which outlines 35 recommendations to close the "significant gap" in the employment process for hiring teachers.

The recommendations include a police check for anyone who moves from a provisional teaching license to full registration and teachers informing schools if they change their name.

The Government is also considering making teachers use biometric photo identification when they switch schools.

The inquiry was ordered earlier this year after it was revealed sex offender Te Rito Henry Miki, 40, managed to work in six schools over four years despite a supervision order that prevented him from coming into contact with children.

See also:
One in Six Sex Offenders Lives Digital Double Life

The post dealing with the above article and the issues it raises is:
ID Isn't Perfect. How Perfect Can (or Should) It Be?

India: State of Haryana tightens ID management surrounding orphanages and Child Care Institutions

Now, biometric system for orphanage inmates (Times of India)

In a bid to overhaul the monitoring mechanism in orphanages, the Haryana government is planning to introduce biometric system for inmates and child mapping in every district.

In Gurgaon, over a dozen orphanages and child homes are operating and many of these are yet to be registered as per the recent guidelines issued by the state government. After the shocking Apna Ghar incident, all the orphanages and Child Care Institutions (CCI) have been directed to get registered in the prescribed format before June 30.

The Apna Ghar shelter house incident was a shocking abuse of vulnerable people and I'd be curious to read more about how biometric technologies are to be applied to making sure similar abuses don't occur.

Mobile Biometrics ID Man Wanted for Child Molestation

Port St. Lucie fingerprint reader nabs child molest suspect (CBS 12)

On January 26, at approximately 9:00 p.m., an officer was conducting a traffic stop on a suspicious vehicle in a “hotspot” (area known for a high concentration of auto and residential burglaries). During the stop, the suspect had no identification and the name provided indicated no wants or warrants, yet the officer was suspect of the name given.

When the backup officer arrived on scene, the officer took the suspect's fingerprint using the Fingerprint Reader and within 30 seconds, the suspect was positively identified as Carlos Rodrigues and had an active warrant out of Rochester, New York for sodemy on a child under 12.

The arresting officer deserves a special note of gratitude. The nature of the alleged crime is horrible in the extreme.

Tenafly New Jersey Little League requires Fingerprinting Of All Volunteers

A New Jersey Little League is taking safety up a notch (CBS, New York - via Drudge)

Tenafly Little League president John Preolo said the league had to require fingerprinting this year because of a much-needed grant.

“To get the grant there is certain criteria that had to be met. One of them is the fingerprinting process. If the town didn’t agree to get coaches and volunteers fingerprinted, I don’t think we would have gotten the money,” Preolo said.

Prompted by Carl Findlay's comments in the article, I searched "David Hartshorn". What I found is heartbreaking:

Queens, NY Little League coach accused of molestation; Cops look for more victims (ABC, New York)

Queens and Tenafly are 22 miles apart.