Okay, for the most part, we at Kidsearch are very pro-law enforcement. We think they get blamed a lot for not finding a missing child when that happens. But they do find most missing children and usually in a very short amount of time.
One of the reasons that some police departments get a bad rap for the way they handle missing children cases is because certain people like the officer in the article below are not educated enough about the subject to be placed in a decision-making position involving missing children.
The reason behind that is with a 40 million dollar per year budget, the NCMEC can’t seem to get these officers educated even though that is a big part of why they get our tax dollars in the first place.
La Salle police are getting missing children reports almost every day, most of which end up being a case of parental irresponsibility, the chief said Friday.
“I think there are a lot of parents not taking care of their responsibilities to keep track of their children,” Rob Uranich said. “Unfortunately, it happens almost every day now.
Wah! This police chief needs to find a new line of work if he can’t handle being called whenever a child is missing.
We advise parents to call 911 whenever they cannot find their child and there is no immediate reason why. Every minute a child is missing expands the search area by one mile in every direction. Better it be a false alarm than for the parents to have waited too long to call and it really be an abduction.
Children approximately 5-12 years old are leaving school to play with friends without informing their parents of their whereabouts, Uranich said.
“If the parent has no idea where the child might be, how would we?” Uranich asked.
It’s your job to find out if you are called about a missing child, that’s why. Quit whining.
Uranich said such regular reports make it difficult for officers to decide when a missing child could be abduction or just a child who doesn’t want to come home.
Again, it’s your job to respond anyway JUST IN CASE it is a child abduction.
He added he could not recall any abduction under his watch and for an Amber Alert to be activated there must be some evidence of abduction.
Because it hasn’t happened I guess that means it won’t happen. If there had been no fire recently would you decide to layoff firefighters?
Click here for the whole story in the saga of the uneducated police chief.
My criticism may seem a little harsh, but it’s police chiefs like this who are likely 90% politician and 10% police officer that give police departments who do a good job a bad name.
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