teramiabullfrog
05-22-2007, 12:07 PM
i've been out of wifi area; therefore, have not posted in several days. apparently there was at least one amber alert i missed in kentucky; but, it was resolved quickly and the little girl was located and returned home safely. as one of the volunteers of Finding Our Children Under Stress (F.O.C.U.S.) Organization we just returned from an 9 day missing person flyer posting and distribution trip that included stops at over 40 post offices (where we left our 3-ring display binder, containing over 100 flyers of missing persons, on display). every post office, in every town from san francisco to ventura, ca, received our 2007 updated binder (we have now distributed over 150 missing children binders to post offices in CA, OR, & WA, this year). over the past five years we've stopped at well over 2,000 post offices (in 8 west coast states, and one east coast state) and only six of the over 2,000 Post Offices had a display of missing child Postal Bulletin Notices. The federal government funds the NALC/USPS CHILD ALERT PROGRAM annually, the six post offices that have a display of missing child Postal Bulletin Notices prove the missing child notices are being printed (monthly); yet, very few of the postal employees responsible for carrying out the instructions (about posting the missing child notices in the post office "box" lobby section of the post office) actually do what they are suppose to. On this most recent trip, not one post office of the 43 we stopped, had any missing children flyers posted for display - as instructed in the NALC/USPS CHILD ALERT PROGRAM.
ANOTHER ODDITY: EIGHT CHILDREN ARE LISTED AS "CURRENT AMBER ALERTS" ON THE AMBER ALERT WEB SITE; YET, WHEN YOU CROSS REFERENCE THE NAMES WITH THE NCMEC, FIVE OF THE EIGHT COME UP WITH "NO RECORDS FOUND" (MEANING THE NCMEC HAS NO RECORD OF THESE "CURRENT ACTIVE AMBER ALERTS" AS MISSING).
THE FOLLOWING FIVE NAMES ARE LISTED AS "CURRENT ACTIVE AMBER ALERTS" BUT ARE NOT LISTED AS MISSING BY THE NCMEC:
1. EDWIN SANCHEZ GONZALES
2. DANIELLE JIMINEZ
3. JESUS MARTINEZ ALVARADO
4&5. LAURA & JONATHAN ARCINIEGA
I HAVE CONTACTED THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF AMBER CODE TO NOTIFY THEM OF THIS, AND HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE BACK.
AFTER 13 YEARS OF BEING INVOLVED WITH TRYING TO HELP FAMILIES WITH A MISSING CHILD FIND THEIR MISSING LOVED ONE, AS WELL AS TRYING TO EDUCATE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE ABOUT CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION, I'M FINDING A LOT OF PEOPLE WILLING TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN ABOUT THE ESCALATING NUMBER OF MISSING BOTH IN THIS COUNTRY AND GLOBALLY; HOWEVER, VERY FEW PEOPLE REALLY GIVE A FLYING F... ABOUT IT AND ARE WILLING TO REALLY DO ANYTHING. FOR THOSE OF YOU ON THIS FORUM OR ANYWHERE THAT HAVE ASKED WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP F.O.C.U.S.: 1. GO TO YOUR LOCAL POST OFFICE, SEE IF THEY MAINTAIN A MISSING CHILD POSTAL BULLETIN NOTICE DISPLAY SOMEWHERE IN THE LOBBY, SEND ME WHAT YOU FOUND (INCLUDE POST OFFICE ZIP CODE, IF THEY HAD MISSING CHILDREN NOTICES DISPLAYED, AND IF THEY DID, THE MONTH AND YEAR OF THE POSTAL BULLETIN'S DISPLAYED, 2. CONTACT AMBER ALERT, NCMEC, AND YOUR ELECTED FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES AND QUESTION WHY THE FEDERAL LAWS AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS CREATED AND DEVELOPED TO HELP FIND AND PREVENT MISSING CHILDREN ARE NOT BEING MANAGED AT THE LEVEL OF EFFICIENCY THEY WERE INTENDED, INSTRUCTED, AND ARE ANNUALLY FUNDED.
THE ANNUAL MISSING CHILD AWARENESS DAY IS IN THREE DAYS (05/25/07) REMEMBER TO TAKE SOME TIME AND DISCUSS MISSING CHILDREN AND CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION WITH YOUR FAMILY.
ANOTHER ODDITY: EIGHT CHILDREN ARE LISTED AS "CURRENT AMBER ALERTS" ON THE AMBER ALERT WEB SITE; YET, WHEN YOU CROSS REFERENCE THE NAMES WITH THE NCMEC, FIVE OF THE EIGHT COME UP WITH "NO RECORDS FOUND" (MEANING THE NCMEC HAS NO RECORD OF THESE "CURRENT ACTIVE AMBER ALERTS" AS MISSING).
THE FOLLOWING FIVE NAMES ARE LISTED AS "CURRENT ACTIVE AMBER ALERTS" BUT ARE NOT LISTED AS MISSING BY THE NCMEC:
1. EDWIN SANCHEZ GONZALES
2. DANIELLE JIMINEZ
3. JESUS MARTINEZ ALVARADO
4&5. LAURA & JONATHAN ARCINIEGA
I HAVE CONTACTED THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF AMBER CODE TO NOTIFY THEM OF THIS, AND HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE BACK.
AFTER 13 YEARS OF BEING INVOLVED WITH TRYING TO HELP FAMILIES WITH A MISSING CHILD FIND THEIR MISSING LOVED ONE, AS WELL AS TRYING TO EDUCATE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE ABOUT CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION, I'M FINDING A LOT OF PEOPLE WILLING TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN ABOUT THE ESCALATING NUMBER OF MISSING BOTH IN THIS COUNTRY AND GLOBALLY; HOWEVER, VERY FEW PEOPLE REALLY GIVE A FLYING F... ABOUT IT AND ARE WILLING TO REALLY DO ANYTHING. FOR THOSE OF YOU ON THIS FORUM OR ANYWHERE THAT HAVE ASKED WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP F.O.C.U.S.: 1. GO TO YOUR LOCAL POST OFFICE, SEE IF THEY MAINTAIN A MISSING CHILD POSTAL BULLETIN NOTICE DISPLAY SOMEWHERE IN THE LOBBY, SEND ME WHAT YOU FOUND (INCLUDE POST OFFICE ZIP CODE, IF THEY HAD MISSING CHILDREN NOTICES DISPLAYED, AND IF THEY DID, THE MONTH AND YEAR OF THE POSTAL BULLETIN'S DISPLAYED, 2. CONTACT AMBER ALERT, NCMEC, AND YOUR ELECTED FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES AND QUESTION WHY THE FEDERAL LAWS AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS CREATED AND DEVELOPED TO HELP FIND AND PREVENT MISSING CHILDREN ARE NOT BEING MANAGED AT THE LEVEL OF EFFICIENCY THEY WERE INTENDED, INSTRUCTED, AND ARE ANNUALLY FUNDED.
THE ANNUAL MISSING CHILD AWARENESS DAY IS IN THREE DAYS (05/25/07) REMEMBER TO TAKE SOME TIME AND DISCUSS MISSING CHILDREN AND CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION WITH YOUR FAMILY.