The length of the video only needs to be about 3-5 minutes. The child's voice should be loud enough to be heard. Within minutes of a reported missing child, officers can view the tape to assist in recovering the child. If a child is missing and an Amber Alert notification is needed, the news media can also broadcast this information throughout the Kansas City Metro area. Parents should videotape the child at home in a quiet setting.
Children are more relaxed and more themselves in an environment they are familiar with.
Parents can purchase a two-hour tape and keep adding updated segments to the same tape. Keep a separate tape for each child. Height, weight, any scars or marks are also important to note on the tape. When children grow up, parents will have a brief history of their child on tape. Parents can also take a new or clean fine toothed comb and keep about 50-100 hairs with the roots.