Sheriff's Office Offers Free Safety IDs to Seniors

The Bristol County Sheriff's Office in Massachusetts is now offering locals seniors Senior Safe IDs to authenticate their identities, reports WBSM . The identification cards feature the holder's name, picture, and address on the front and emergency contacts on the back, and seniors wear them around their necks. Senior Safe IDs are not intended to substitute for a driver's license or an official state ID card. They are supposed to give seniors the ability to always have their name, picture, and emergency contact at hand. Coastline Elderly Services' Brittany Botelho said the cards are "the first step" in what could make substantial differences in their holders' lives, especially in the event of medical emergencies.