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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:
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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.
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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.
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The user prints
high-quality color posters to be distributed at roll
calls, at incident command posts, and to the
community.
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The law-enforcing
agencies receiving the poster can view, print, and
distribute the poster repeatedly.
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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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