By: Whitney Ray
Source: flanews.com
Once a child is reported missing the chance of finding him alive decreases with every hour he is gone. The Department of Children and Families, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children met in Tallahassee today to share information on how to speed up the search. The training taught officers how share information and equipment. Criminal Justice Coordinator Deborah Johnson said with state agencies working together recover time will improve.
“The sooner that we can respond to any child that goes missing, the sooner that child is reported missing to law enforcement, the sooner we have of recovering a child in a safe manner,” said Johnson.
Officers were shown how to access different databases to search for information on possible kidnappers.
