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Patrol
Program Alerts Public to Missing Persons Via Phone
Knowing how critical the first few hours following a child abduction are, Sherry Friedlander founded the non-profit organization A Child is Missing to aid law enforcement in recovering missing children.
September 21, 2005
Technology
Lockheed Martin and Project Lifesaver Partner to Locate Missing Persons
To augment humanitarian search and rescue efforts, Lockheed Martin announced today it is teaming with Project Lifesaver International and Loen Engineering Inc., bringing advanced technology to first response agencies with the Indago small unmanned aerial system (UAS).
April 27, 2015
Special Units
Maryland Department Adds K-9 to Help in Searches for Missing Persons
Officers with the Bowie (MD) Police Department welcomed a new member to its ranks—a 13-month-old bloodhound puppy.
December 20, 2018
Technology
Facial Recognition Finds Faces in Va. Crowds
Police are using software to scan the sands of Virginia Beach for criminals and missing persons to keep residents and tourists safe.
July 10, 2002
Technology
Dallas Police Hire Social Media Officer
Sr. Cpl. Melinda Gutierrez has been distributing crime alerts, requests for public assistance to locate missing persons, surveillance video and departmental commendations via Facebook, Twitter, Nixle and YouTube.
February 28, 2011
Technology
Colorado Agency Deploys Citizen Alert Phone App
Citizens can download the free app on their Apple or Android smartphones to be alerted to natural disasters, dangerous weather, missing persons, traffic situations, and local crimes in progress. The app is not available on Blackberry or Windows phones yet but plans are underway for a release in the near future.
August 28, 2012
Technology
First Responder Drone Software Company Introduces Tools for Tactical Missions
Law enforcement can use this tool for a number of situations when they need actionable intelligence, including assessing a disaster scene, searching for missing persons, conducting tactical operations, tracking a criminal suspect or monitoring large-scale events. It is compatible with any type of drone.
March 1, 2023
Technology
Missouri Inmates to Get Cold-Case Playing Cards
In Missouri, the cards feature details about unsolved murders, missing persons and fugitives. Missouri State Patrol Sgt. Jason Clark said his agency had enough cold cases to fill several 52-card decks. So they had to be selective. The Brooks case has frustrated authorities because the young girl is believed to be dead and her body has never been found, despite promising suspects over the years.
January 9, 2009
Patrol
LAPD Honors Pioneering Female Officer Alice Stebbins Wells
Wells was one of the first female officers in the country with arrest powers. Her first duties included the "suppression of unwholesome billboard displays, searches for missing persons, and the maintenance of a general information bureau for women seeking advice on matters within the scope of police departments."
September 13, 2010
Training
Autism Awareness Month: Training Police for Contact with ASD Subjects
Police contact with a person on the Autism spectrum can stem from a missing persons report, a medical emergency, a criminal complaint, or just about anything else. Training and education can help keep officers and individuals with an autism spectrum disorder safe.
April 4, 2022
Technology
ALPR: Capturing Crime Leads
Automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology allows law enforcement officers to quickly recognize expired tags and identify and locate stolen vehicles. But it's also often instrumental in finding wanted and missing persons and solving a wide range of crimes, including homicides.
March 23, 2015
Procedures & Policies
San Diego Police Announce New Policy for Interaction with Transgender, Non-Binary Persons
Officers must give people who identify as transgender or nonbinary the choice of the gender of the officer who will perform a search on them.
June 2, 2021
Technology
Project Lifesaver International Receives Prestigious International Humanitarian Award
Project Lifesaver International (PLI) has been awarded the Humanitarian Xcellence Award by the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International for its use of DJI drones to locate missing persons.
May 3, 2019
Technology
Missing Boy Found with Help from App
An 18-year-old boy with special needs went missing from his school, but was quickly found because of a push notification sent out by the Clare County Sheriff's Department on their AppArrest mobile phone app.
November 1, 2012
Patrol
Body of Missing S.C. Police Volunteer Found
The body of missing South Carolina volunteer constable Robert Lee Bailey has been found in a shallow grave near Ladson, a Charleston suburb. Bailey, 67, disappeared May 14 after making a traffic stop in Lincolnville, S.C., 50 miles from where his body was found.
May 23, 2007
Patrol
Angry Croquet Players and Missing Ships
Cops have to deal with all sorts of silly fights people people get into, and some are dang near as deadly as shoot-outs. Just imagine how the cops in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, felt when they got called to a riot involving "softballers and croquet players."
September 30, 2002
Patrol
VeriPlate ALPR
NDI Recognition Systems
VeriPlate fixed, mobile, and portable ALPR solutions are easy to use, feature-rich, and best of all… they work.
September 26, 2018
Technology
VeriPlate ALPR
NDI Recognition Systems
VeriPlate fixed, mobile, and portable ALPR solutions are easy to use, feature-rich, and best of all… they work.
October 17, 2018
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