England and Wales Child Rescue Alert (CRA), their version of United States Amber Alert
A new system called the Child Rescue Alert (CRA), based on the Amber Alert in the United States, will begin in England and Wales. Its purpose is to make it easier and quicker for police to find missing children. The program is designed to contact the media at the earliest stage of a suspected child abduction.
Text messages will also be sent out to members of the public.
Senior officers say the public can act as the “eyes and ears of the police” to help finding missing children.
CRA’s will be sent out if the missing person is under 18 and if there is “a reasonable belief” they have been kidnapped, abducted or are in “imminent danger of serious harm or death”.
“The CRA will be a valuable resource to the police to enable them to carry out their investigations swiftly and effectively to better safeguard the lives of children.”
(BBC News)
There can never be enough safe guards and programs for the protection of children.