Child Safety

Overview

Child Safety

There is no time like the present to make sure you and your children are prepared to deal with strangers and other potentially dangerous situations. 

As a parent or guardian, one of your primary responsibilities is to protect your children from accidents, dangerous situations, and dangerous people. 

There is no time like the present to make sure you and your children are prepared to deal with strangers and other potentially dangerous situations. 

As a parent or guardian, one of your primary responsibilities is to protect your children from accidents, dangerous situations, and dangerous people. 

As your children grow, it’s important to equip them with the knowledge and awareness needed to make safe, informed decisions. The Rocklin Police Department offers resources on a variety of topics to help you and your children build confidence, develop “street smarts,” and stay safe, including:

Child Fingerprinting & Identification Kit

Protecting Your Children

Responsible Host Program

What Children Need to Know

The Rocklin Police Department offers a variety of child safety presentations and programs:

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Child Fingerprinting & ID

The Police Department provides parents with Child Identification Kits several times throughout the year at numerous community events. The Police Department also helps with fingerprinting and ID photos for this purpose.

Download a Child ID Kit

More information about upcoming events is shared on our department’s social media channels.

What is a Child Identification Kit?

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Protecting Your Children

You and your children should understand that awareness, avoidance, and prevention are the most important principles of personal safety and self defense. This is especially true for small children because they may have difficulty recognizing dangerous situations, and defending themselves against adults and older teenagers.

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What Children Need to Know

If They are Lost

Teach your children what to do if they get lost in a store or other public place. For example, in a store situation, they should contact an employee at a cash register or customer service desk.

Make sure your child knows his/her full name, address, phone number, and his/her parents’ names.

Explain to your child that most stores have a public address system so they can page the parents to come to wherever the child is found. Tell your children to never leave the store if they get lost.