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Public Safety Bethany Missouri |
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Did you know that in Bethany there are 6 full time law enforcement officers! |
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Contact the Bethany Police |
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105 N. 25th St. Phone: (660) 425-8888 |
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The Bethany Police Department Enhances its Response Rate to Child Abductions |
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When a child is reported missing, time is one of law enforcement's greatest enemies. Every hour a child is missing, the likelihood of a safe recovery decreases. In order to ensure a high level of preparedness for child abduction cases, the Bethany Police Department announces the implementation of LOCATER, the Lost Child Alert Technology Resource. There are many challenges facing law enforcement personnel in missing child cases. One of the greatest is collecting and disseminating the child's descriptive information quickly. With that goal in mind, LOCATER was created to provide the computer hardware and software needed to rapidly distribute critical missing child data on a local, statewide or nationwide basis. The officers of the Bethany Police Department wanted to ensure that if, in the rare case a child from Bethany or Harrison County, should go missing the agency will do all it can to ensure a safe recovery. The Bethany Police Department obtained and is pleased to be working with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to implement LOCATER. United States Congressional funds allow NCMEC to provide the LOCATER system free-of-charge to law enforcement agencies that investigate missing child cases. NCMEC has found that when pictures of missing children or abductors are made available to the public, one in six children are recovered as a direct result. The LOCATER system allows the police departments to quickly e-mail or broadcast fax informative posters to other police departments nationwide. Use of the LOCATER system, comprised of a Dell Pentium IV computer, HP DeskJet 940C printer, high-resolution scanner, and customized software, is not limited to missing children cases. It includes templates for more than 100 different types of posters such as missing adults, wanted persons, and crime alerts. The LOCATER system is also compatible with the AMBER plan in the event that a statewide AMBER plan is implemented.
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