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well-informed child is a well-armed child
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Things to do when you first notice your child missing
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  Strategy of photo and flier distribution:
 
 

The development of advanced technology has made lives easier to live in this global community. The emergence of Internet has revolutionized the communications around the globe. Internet can be used as a tool in extending safety awareness among the people as well as locate a lost child. 

TRAK and Locator are systems to hasten the recovery of missing and abducted children by providing law-enforcement agencies the technology to rapidly disseminate images and information. The voluntary agencies involved with missing children are able to offer specific tools and equipment to any law-enforcement agency whose responsibilities include investigating cases of missing and abducted children.

Using the poster-creation software, agencies can quickly create their own missing child’s posters. Once created, high-quality copies can be printed for distribution at roll calls, at incident command posts, and to the community. Posters can also be electronically transmitted to other agencies, the media, and the public via the Internet or through a broadcast faxes service.

We shall observe how they can be used:

  • The first step in the process is that the law-enforcement agency receives a missing-child report and obtains the child's photograph from a parent or legal guardian.

  •  After entering the missing child's information into the National Crime Information Center's (NCIC) computer, the user launches locater. The poster-creation software and templates guide the user through the process of generating a poster.

  •  The user prints high-quality color posters to be distributed at roll calls, at incident command posts, and to the community.

  •  The law-enforcing agencies receiving the poster can view, print, and distribute the poster repeatedly.

  • In addition to alerting law-enforcement agencies, users can quickly E-mail or fax posters to the media and public as deemed appropriate.

 
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