Gardaí to use US-style Amber Alert system for missing children
The move comes following recommendations on the handling of missing persons cases, particularly those cases involving children, and will open the possibility of broadcast media, text and email being used swiftly to spread information on missing children.
The Report of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate on Missing Persons Review and Recommendations, which was published yesterday, will come into force and will mean new reporting structures within the HSE for children who go missing from care. The HSE has come in for consistent criticism from child support groups and opposition parties for failing to ensure that children in its care — particularly minors seeking asylum — do not go missing.
