Morristown: Morris County Prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi, Esq., Chief William Schievella and the prosecutor's Community Affairs Unit will be offering an all-day program designed to keep our children safe.

The program will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2009 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rockaway Townsquare mall in Rockaway Township.

The prosecutor's office has partnered with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the National Office of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) and Amber Ready to sponsor the event.

Parents will be able to have their children fingerprinted and photographed -- a key tool to assist law enforcement officers in the tragic event of an abduction. There will also be a hands-on demonstration of self defense techniques. Educational handouts will be available.

Morris County Prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi, Esq. said, "Nothing is more important than the safety and security of our children. This community affairs project will bring together experts in the field of child and infant abduction as well as experts on sexual predator behavior.

"It is our common goal to provide education and awareness to parents, guardians, care providers and children so that we together as a community can keep our children safe.

"This is one of many programs the Morris County Prosecutor's Office, in conjunction with our partners, has created to protect our youth from persons intent on harming them. By working together we are stronger and better able to protect our community.

"I am in heartened by our continued partnership with Jiles Ship, president of NOBLE's Northern Jersey Chapter. He consistently demonstrates the best that law enforcement has to provide, always attending and supporting our law enforcement endeavors, especially those that focus on the safety of our children."

"Also joining us will be Alan J. Robinson, the Project ALERT representative for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. He is the Director of Protection and Security Services for Atlantic Health.

"He has trained over 2,000 parents and law enforcement officers in child and infant abduction and sexual predator behavior. He is a national speaker for the Federal Bureau of Investigation on child abduction, kidnapping and sexual exploitation prevention. He has taught throughout New Jersey in police academies as well as the United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey.

Detective Keisha Higgs, from the prosecutor's community affairs unit, is coordinating the program that goes hand-in-hand with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's Take 25 National Child Safety Campaign, which encourages parents and guardians to talk to their children about safety. There are an estimated 2,200 children reported missing every day. One in about six missing children is recovered because someone recognized the child's photograph on a publication produced by the national center."

For more information, please call Detective Keisha Higgs at (973) 285-6200.