The new 'missing person's helpline' will use the same number as is already being used in other EU countries like Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Portugal and Romania.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Spain to Launch A New "Missing Person's Helpline"
The Interior Ministry is set to launch a new 'missing person's helpline' - 116000 - which can be used to report a missing or runaway person and where relevant information will be collated for the police.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Amber Alert Gets Mixed Reviews
Hours after Southfield Police issued an Amber Alert for a 2-year-old girl they say was abducted with her mother on Monday, the two were found safe and unharmed.
Police there are offering few details about the investigation, but officials say it's typical of the clear-cut type of case that requires an Amber Alert, the voluntary system that immediately informs the media and community of missing children that may be in danger.
Yet the Amber Alert system itself is not without its critics, and several recent high-profile cases in Metro Detroit alone offer a closer look at how the system works and how some argue it could be made better -- with quicker and more consistent activation, especially when minors may be moved across state lines.
Read more here.
Police there are offering few details about the investigation, but officials say it's typical of the clear-cut type of case that requires an Amber Alert, the voluntary system that immediately informs the media and community of missing children that may be in danger.
Yet the Amber Alert system itself is not without its critics, and several recent high-profile cases in Metro Detroit alone offer a closer look at how the system works and how some argue it could be made better -- with quicker and more consistent activation, especially when minors may be moved across state lines.
Read more here.
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