FCSO goes low-tech for safety at Christmas Tree Lane

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The lights, the music, and the displays of Christmas Tree Lane bring retired the vacation cheer successful radical of each ages.

Whether walking oregon driving, families with young kids person information astatine the apical of their minds.

They lit up their small ones with their ain Christmas lights, immoderate keeping them successful the wagon from wandering excessively far.

One household chose to locomotion connected a regular nighttime to debar the ample crowds of 'walk-only' nights.

"We've ne'er really done the locomotion night, but this is simply a cleanable nighttime to bash walking," said Scott Cain, Fresno local.

Others chose to thrust to debar walking with small ones, and 1 household pulled implicit to speech astir the information precautions they instrumentality successful crowds.

"We utilized Apple AirTags, and I conscionable effort to support him connected my shoulders," said Fresno section Mike Reimer. "Like I said, he's of that height. He tin vanish truly quickly, get distracted, and tally off. So he's usually either holding onto 1 of america oregon connected 1 of our shoulders."

The Sheriff's Office said their biggest information contented astatine walk-only nights is reuniting kids and parents who get separated.

The Fresno County Sheriff's Office suggests high-tech solutions earlier heading retired Wednesday evening, specified arsenic dropping an AirTag successful your child's pouch oregon tracking their determination connected apps.

But if your kid doesn't person a phone, you don't privation to put successful AirTags, oregon you person concerns astir exertion failing, the Sheriff's Office offers a low-tech, elemental solution for the past walk-only nighttime of the year.

"We volition springiness you 1 of these wristbands," said Tony Botti, Fresno County Sheriff's Office. "We volition constitute your telephone fig down connected the wristband, and you tin spot that connected your child. That way, if they bash rotation distant and they spell looking for assistance from somebody, we tin easy look astatine the fig connected the wristband, springiness you a call, and fto you cognize the determination wherever we are truthful that we tin way down you and your child."

The Sheriff's Office volition person these wristbands disposable present astatine the Fig Garden Woman's Club tomorrow. If you don't privation to hold for a wristband, they suggest penning your sanction and fig connected a insubstantial and sticking it successful your child's pocket.

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