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Digital Billboard Campaign in Texas Seeks to Bring Missing Children Home

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Coinciding with National Missing Kids Day, the campaign in each city will feature a different missing child's case across Clear Channel Outdoor's digital out of home (DOOH) displays.

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  • Coinciding with National Missing Kids Day, the campaign in each city will feature a different missing child's case across Clear Channel Outdoor's digital out of home (DOOH) displays.
  • In perspective, the Texas Department of Public Safety Missing Persons Clearinghouse received 49,110missing person reports in 2020, including 37,023juveniles.
  • "The purpose of this campaign is not only to highlight these four cases but to bring attention to the 37,023 missing children in Texas," said Beth Alberts, CEO, Texas Center for the Missing.
  • 2021 Missing Children Cases featured in this program include:
    Houston:Thalia Macias, has been missing since December 2019 and was 15 when she disappeared.

Brosnan Risk Consultants launches Save a Child initiative to locate missing and exploited children

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

PEARL RIVER, N.Y., May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Brosnan Risk Consultants has launched a new initiative that will expand efforts to investigate and find missing and exploited children.

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  • PEARL RIVER, N.Y., May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Brosnan Risk Consultants has launched a new initiative that will expand efforts to investigate and find missing and exploited children.
  • The "Save a Child" program is overseen by John Ryan, former president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
  • "Brosnan Risk Consultants' 'Save a Child' initiative is an example of a company dedicated to working with families, law enforcement and social service agencies, to safely return missing children home.
  • Founded in 1996 by Patrick J. Brosnan, Brosnan Risk Consultants is the largest privately held provider of technology-driven security services.

Flock Safety Announces AMBER Alert Distribution Partnership With National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to Deploy License Plate Recognition in Finding Missing Children

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021

It is imperative for us to utilize every tool possible to reach the community and search for a missing child,\xe2\x80\x9d said John Bischoff, Vice President of NCMEC\xe2\x80\x99s Missing Children Division.

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  • It is imperative for us to utilize every tool possible to reach the community and search for a missing child,\xe2\x80\x9d said John Bischoff, Vice President of NCMEC\xe2\x80\x99s Missing Children Division.
  • We build devices that capture objective evidence and use machine learning to create and deliver unbiased investigative leads to law enforcement.
  • Flock Safety serves 1000 cities in 40+ states and is helping solve hundreds of crimes every day.\nThe National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation whose mission is to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization.
  • NCMEC works with families, victims, private industry, law enforcement, and the public to assist with preventing child abductions, recovering missing children, and providing services to deter and combat child sexual exploitation.\n'

OnSolve to Serve as Primary Mass Notification System for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)

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Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Through this partnership, OnSolve and NCMEC will work to help reunite missing children and their families and advance NCMEC's mission of creating safer neighborhoods and communities nationwide.

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  • Through this partnership, OnSolve and NCMEC will work to help reunite missing children and their families and advance NCMEC's mission of creating safer neighborhoods and communities nationwide.
  • We're looking forward to working with OnSolve and leveraging their software to enable faster and more reliable delivery of Wireless Emergency Alerts for the AMBER Alert system."
  • Since 1984, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children has served as the leading private, nonprofit organization helping to find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation and prevent future victimization.
  • As part of its work as the clearinghouse and resource center on issues relating to missing and exploited children, NCMEC operates a hot-line, 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678), and has assisted in the recovery of more than 311,000 missing children.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions and National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Celebrate The ADAM Program 20 Year Anniversary

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Friday, November 20, 2020

ATLANTA, Nov. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a leading data, analytics and technology provider today announced the 20th anniversary of the ADAMTM (Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing Children) Program which is part of its longstanding partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).

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  • ATLANTA, Nov. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a leading data, analytics and technology provider today announced the 20th anniversary of the ADAMTM (Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing Children) Program which is part of its longstanding partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).
  • To date, the program has helped recover nearly 200 missing children and assisted in the recovery efforts of countless others.
  • The ADAM Program has truly helped change the way our nation searches for missing children" said Callahan Walsh, Child Advocate, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
  • "I have had the privilege of being part of the creation and development of this program since the beginning,"said Trish McCall, director, Program Management at LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Co-Founder of the ADAM Program.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children & MUH-TAY-ZIK / HOF-FER Enhance Runaway Train 25 with Customization Technology on National Missing Children's Day

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Monday, May 25, 2020

Since its launch on National Missing Children's Day 2019, Runaway Train 25 has assisted in the recovery of more than 20 missing children.

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  • Since its launch on National Missing Children's Day 2019, Runaway Train 25 has assisted in the recovery of more than 20 missing children.
  • Users can add up to six missing children from the database into their own version of the Runaway Train 25 music video.
  • These pages will display the Runaway Train video to millions of Yahoo andAOL users on National Missing Children's Day.
  • https://mtzhf.com/
    Founded on May 22, 2019, Runaway Train 25 is a cross-industry initiative led by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and MUH-TAY-ZIK / HOF-FER to reinvent the search for missing children.

International Missing Children's Day brings focus to cases of missing children

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Monday, May 25, 2020

CALGARY, Alberta, May 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- May 25 is International Missing Children Day, a day that is marked around the world to remember children who are missing and those who have been found.

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  • CALGARY, Alberta, May 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- May 25 is International Missing Children Day, a day that is marked around the world to remember children who are missing and those who have been found.
  • The Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC), uses this day to draw attention to cases of missing children across Canada, with a solemn reminder that children everywhere deserve to feel safe each day of the year.
  • In 2001, May 25 was officially recognized as International Missing Children's Day, thanks to a joint effort between the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, Missing Children Europe and the European Commission.
  • The Missing Children Society of Canada urges everyone to join in the search for missing children.

FRA presents its work on relocation of unaccompanied children

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

FRA took part in a webinar on the relocation of unaccompanied children from the Greek Islands.

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  • FRA took part in a webinar on the relocation of unaccompanied children from the Greek Islands.
  • FRA presented key findings from its paper on relocation from Greece and from its upcoming Relocating unaccompanied children: applying good practices to future schemes report.
  • Child Circle, Missing Children Europe, Oxfam and Refugee Rights Europe hosted the webinar on 29 April.
  • Almost 200 participants from national authorities, EU institutions and civil society took part.

Police Expert Network on Missing Persons Officially Recognised by Council of the European Union

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

BRUSSELS, Nov. 20,2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Police Expert Network on Missing Persons (hereinafter PEN-MP) was officially recognised by a bodyof the Council of the European Union,with the meeting of the Law Enforcement Working Party[3] (hereinafterLEWP) on October 18th.

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  • BRUSSELS, Nov. 20,2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Police Expert Network on Missing Persons (hereinafter PEN-MP) was officially recognised by a bodyof the Council of the European Union,with the meeting of the Law Enforcement Working Party[3] (hereinafterLEWP) on October 18th.
  • AMBER Alert Europe foundation, the initiator of PEN-MP, states that all European member states voted in favour of formalising the first and only police network that brings together law enforcement specialists on missing persons, and missing children specifically.
  • Because of the PEN-MP, police experts know exactly who is the single point of contact for missing persons abroad.
  • The PEN-MP is now officially recognised by the Council of the European Union with its formal affiliation to LEWP[3].

Police Expert Network on Missing Persons Officially Recognised by Council of the European Union

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

BRUSSELS, Nov. 20,2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Police Expert Network on Missing Persons (hereinafter PEN-MP) was officially recognised by a bodyof the Council of the European Union,with the meeting of the Law Enforcement Working Party[3] (hereinafterLEWP) on October 18th.

Key Points: 
  • BRUSSELS, Nov. 20,2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Police Expert Network on Missing Persons (hereinafter PEN-MP) was officially recognised by a bodyof the Council of the European Union,with the meeting of the Law Enforcement Working Party[3] (hereinafterLEWP) on October 18th.
  • AMBER Alert Europe foundation, the initiator of PEN-MP, states that all European member states voted in favour of formalising the first and only police network that brings together law enforcement specialists on missing persons, and missing children specifically.
  • Because of the PEN-MP, police experts know exactly who is the single point of contact for missing persons abroad.
  • The PEN-MP is now officially recognised by the Council of the European Union with its formal affiliation to LEWP[3].