I will speak to this as a volunteer for Missing Children Minnesota. Thank you Aaron for posting a link to information about the missing child instead of sending that through email.
Too often, a panicked parent sends out an email to everyone they know telling them about the missing child. They in turn send the email to many of their contacts. When the child is found there is no way for that alert to be retracted and the email lives on for eternity. The AMBER alert has very specific criteria that must be met in order to be activated. Parental abductions and runaways are not included in the AMBER alert. If you would like more information you can read about it here: http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1176 Missing Children Minnesota (MCM) has developed CODE BLUE: an alert system for missing children and vulnerable adults that do not qualify for the AMBER alert. http://missingchildrenmn.org/cbalert.cfm MCM also has information on how to educate your children to keep them safe (including debunking "don't talk to strangers" as a good way to protect your children) and instructions on what do to if your child is abducted on their website at http://missingchildrenmn.org/index.cfm . The Director of MCM, Carol Olson, has developed an amazing curriculum for all ages including group presentations, training for police and teachers, and activity books for children. Joelle Tegwen West Side resident and proud volunteer for MCM --- Aaron Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear St. Paul list, > > Please take a moment to view this missing child poster. My good > friend > Kirsten sent me the email (below) today about her cousin who went > missing in St. Paul back in October. I created a link on the Pulse > website for ease of viewing which can be found here: > > http://www.pulsetc.com/image/FindRose16.doc > > These cases are always sad, even more so when you know the loved ones > affected. But equally as disturbing is the apparent lack of an Amber > Alert by the St. Paul police. I, of course, don't know all the > details > of this case, but I sure hold our police to a higher standard - > especially so in missing children/abduction cases. Thanks in advance > for > making the time. > > Aaron Neumann > NE Mpls - previously Mac-Groveland Look for Missing: Code Blue Vol. 1, a CD compliation of Local Twin Cities muscians including Epic Hero, Tim Mahoney, The Honey Dogs, Dazy Head Mazy and many others. Available at Best Buy, Cheapo and many independent music stores. All proceeds go to Missing Children Minnesota. You can donate on-line to Missing Children Minnesota or purchase tickets for our events at https://charitybox.com/mchildmn Big Media - "No News is Good News!" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
