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new way technology is helping to find
missing, abducted and exploited children
August 2007 (Medialink) -Almost 800,000
children in the United States are reported
missing or abducted each year, according to
the U.S. Department of Justice. When a child
disappears, every second counts to increase
the likelihood of a safe return. A new
program is helping to do just that.
Team Adam provides rapid, on-site assistance
to law enforcement agencies and families in
cases of missing, abducted and exploited
children. Its members are retired
law-enforcement professionals with years of
investigative experience at the federal,
state and local level. Named after Adam
Walsh, the abducted and murdered son of the
co-founders of the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), they
recently received a donation from OnStar.
In addition to the $300,000 donation, OnStar
will also provide AMBER Alerts issued by the
NCMEC into its call center's geographical
mapping system. When a customer calls in
from an AMBER Alert area, the advisor will
let them know of the situation, and ask them
if they would like additional information to
help identify the child. Experts say the
most effective way to recover someone is
though spreading the wo
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