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Location: Cullman, AL

- Recovered: Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Story:

Cullman County, Alabama Sheriff’s Office On June 1, 2010, Deputy Freeman activated the A Child Is Missing Alert to assist his agency in searching for any relative or anyone at all that might know an 89 year old gentleman in overalls and a blue shirt found wandering that couldn’t remember where he lived. The man had an ID card with his name, but the ID card was so old that the address was no longer good and Police were beginning to make arrangements for the man to stay at a local shelter. More than 2,200 alert calls were placed to the area surrounding the address in Cullman where the man had been found. In response, Police received several calls from residents with information and within an hour of the alert calls being launched, the man was reunited with his family and returned home safe.

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Location: Fort Payne, AL

Child - Recovered: Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Story:

Training to activation to success all in one day: “ACIM works. The child was located less than 10 minutes after ACIM was notified;” This from Commissioner Ron Ogletree who hosted a training in Fort Payne the morning of February 9, 2010 for his agency as well as numerous surrounding agencies in the area. That same afternoon, a seven year old girl went missing. Officers checked the girl’s residence as well as her friend’s homes and asked all family members where she might possibly be. Turning up nothing, the situation was becoming more worrisome as the girl suffers from diabetes and had not eaten in several hours. Upon activation, over 2,000 alert calls were placed to the area surrounding the 2000 block of Lincoln Avenue, where the girl was last seen. In response to the alert calls, Police received over 25 calls from the public, one of which was the mother of a child the missing girl was playing with, less than a block from her home, who promptly called Police, enabling them to locate her safe.

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Location: Birmingham, AL

Child - Recovered: Sunday, January 24, 2010

Story:

When an 11 year old girl wearing only pajamas went missing on January 24, 2010, Deputy Jackson called A Child is Missing to assist in the agency’s search. Nearly 4000 alert calls were placed near the 2500 block of Second Way, where the girl had last been seen. One of those alert calls went directly to a house the child was walking to and Police were able to locate the girl safe approximately a half mile from where she had gone missing.

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Location: Birmingham, AL

Children - Recovered: Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County) Police Department At 10:00 at night on July 21, 2009 a 17 year old girl went missing in Birmingham, Alabama. She had last been seen in the 2700 block of Jefferson Avenue Southwest in Birmingham and Police there called A Child Is Missing to activate an alert call. Equipped with the information provided by Birmingham Police, the alert call asked anyone with information about the girl to call Police. As a result of the alert call, more than 3,000 in all, the girl was safely located in the 2400 block of Lee Avenue Southwest in Birmingham, approximately two miles from where she had last been seen

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Location: Birmingham, AL

Children - Recovered: Wednesday, July 01, 2009

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Jefferson County, Alabama Sheriff’s Office A five year old boy went missing from 1900 block of East Bend Circle in Birmingham, Alabama on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 and the Jefferson County, Alabama Sheriff’s Office called A Child Is Missing to assist their search. After more than 1,100 alert calls were placed, the Sheriff’s Office advised A Child Is Missing that the boy had been located by someone who had received one of the alert calls. The boy had been located in some woods approximately three blocks from his home.

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Location: Birmingham, AL

Missing Elderly - Recovered: Thursday, June 18, 2009

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Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County) Police Department At 3:00pm on June 18, 2009, a 71 year old man in need of medical attention went missing from the 1100 block of Ireland Way in Birmingham, Alabama. As they had done many times before, Birmingham Police activated the A Child Is Missing Alert Program to assist their search. More than 3,200 alert calls were placed to the area surrounding the 1100 block of Ireland Way. As a direct result of information received by police from the alert calls, the man was safely located approximately 1 ½ miles from where he had last been seen.

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Location: Birmingham, AL

Children - Recovered: Monday, April 20, 2009

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An 11 year old boy went missing from the 1700 block of McMillon Avenue in Birmingham, Alabama on Monday, April 20, 2009 shortly after 1:00pm and Birmingham Police Detective Dunning called A Child Is Missing and activated the Alert Program to assist the agency’s search. More than 3,000 alert calls were placed in search of the boy. Ultimately the boy was located safe in the 800 block of 13th Place Southwest in Birmingham, approximately five miles from where he had gone missing.

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Location: Gardendale, AL

Children - Recovered: Tuesday, November 04, 2008

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Gardendale, Alabama (Jefferson County) - On the night of November 3, 2008, Gardendale, Alabama Police Sergeant Suggs called A Child Is Missing (ACIM) and activated the Alert Program regarding a 13 year old girl who had gone missing from the 300 block of Cathy Lane in that city earlier in the evening. Detective Brian Baker reported, “The missing individual was located on November 4th at 7:15am approximately three miles from her home. An individual that received a phone call from ACIM actually saw the missing individual and called the Gardendale Police Department.

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Location: Cullman, AL

Children - Recovered: Friday, December 21, 2007

Story:

On the morning of December 20, 2007, Cullman, Alabama Police called A Child Is Missing and activated the Alert Program seeking assistance in the search for a missing girl. A Recovery Specialist for A Child Is Missing took the girl’s identifying information and last known whereabouts and mapped the area surrounding where the girl had last been seen. After placing the alert calls, Cullman Police received approximately five calls from citizens who had received an alert call. This led them to the girl who was safely recovered the following morning after being seen entering and exiting an abandoned trailer and storm shelter.

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Location: Cullman, AL

Missing Child - Recovered: Tuesday, July 24, 2007

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Cullman, AL (Cullman County) – Lt. Frances Styles of the Cullman, Alabama Police Department said, “thank you so much for your help. I received the same alert call on my residential phone when I returned home last night and was really impressed with the professional way the alert was given out over the phone.” This came after Cullman Police activated the A Child Is Missing Alert Program on July 24, 2007 to assist their search efforts for a 13 year old girl who had last been seen at 2:00am. Police received numerous calls in response to the more than 5,000 alert calls that were launched in the area surround the 700 block of Oak Drive Northeast in Cullman. After having been missing for 10 hours, the girl was located approximately 45 minutes after the alert calls were placed.

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Location: Birmingham, AL

Missing Child - Recovered: Tuesday, June 26, 2007

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Birmingham, AL (Jefferson County)- Birmingham, Alabama Detective Slaughter called the A Child Is Missing Alert Program on June 26, 2007 when two missing girls in their early teens could not be located. Nearly 5,000 calls were launched to the area surrounding the 1200 block of Fourth Avenue West in Birmingham. Both girls were ultimately located as a result of the alert calls to the community.

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Location: Birmingham, AL

Elderly - Recovered: Wednesday, June 06, 2007

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An 80 year old man was located about seven blocks from his home as a result of the alert calls placed by A Child Is Missing. He had gone missing from the 500 block of 66th Street in Birmingham, Alabama on June 6, 2007 and Birmingham Police quickly utilized the Alert Program.

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Location: Birmingham, AL

Children - Recovered: Friday, April 06, 2007

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When an 8 year old boy went missing from the 1000 block of 18th Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio on February 19, 2009, the Birmingham Police Department activated the A Child Is Missing Alert Program. One of the recipients of the more than 2,000 alert phone calls saw the missing boy and contacted Police. This enabled the boy to be safely reunited with his family.

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Location: Birmingham, AL

Children - Recovered: Wednesday, April 04, 2007

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A 12 year old boy was reported missing to Birmingham, Alabama Police from the 1500 block of Avenue G in Birmingham on April 4, 2007 and Birmingham Police Detective Garvich sought assistance from A Child Is Missing in the search. After launching alert calls, Birmingham Police received but one phone call with information—information that resulted in the boy's whereabouts.

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Location: Birmingham, AL

Missing Child - Recovered: Monday, February 05, 2007

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Birmingham, AL (Jefferson County) – On February 5, 2007 the Birmingham Police Department called A Child Is Missing to ask for assistance with a missing 14-year-old girl. Detective Slaughter provided the ACIM Technician with a detailed description of the missing child and within minutes over 2200 phones in the neighborhood began ringing. The Birmingham PD one that resulted in locating the child received approximately 10 calls. Det. Slaughter stated, “The missing person was located by a family member who received one of the calls and took the child home.”

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Location: Birmingham, AL

Missing Disabled - Recovered: Wednesday, January 17, 2007

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Birmingham, AL (Jefferson County) – On the morning of, January 17, 2007 a 45-year-old at risk brain injured man was reported missing to the Birmingham Police Department. They in turn called A Child Is Missing for assistance. The ACIM Technician, who took the call, obtained the pertinent information and within minutes over 2500 calls were placed in the neighborhood. The Birmingham Police Department received many calls, one of which resulted in the recovery of the missing man. According to Detective Montgomery, he was located as a result of citizen that got the call and saw him walking on a highway 3 to 4 miles from where he went missing. Detective Montgomery said “Thank you for an outstanding response and the recovery of this person.”

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Location: Anniston, AL

Missing Elderly - Recovered: Sunday, December 03, 2006

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Anniston, AL – On the morning of December 3, 2006, shortly after 7 AM, the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office began searching for an elderly woman who was missing from her home. Sgt. Garlick contacted A Child Is Missing for assistance in locating this person. The technician took the call, utilized satellite mapping, along with a clear description of the missing woman, and placed just under three thousand calls to businesses and residents in the area. The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department received a few calls. She was located at 12:30 PM the same day. Sgt. Garick stated, “One call confirmed an original sighting. The other call was an individual who had seen her and went back into the woods to get her and led her out.”

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Location: Birmingham, AL

Missing Child - Recovered: Tuesday, November 21, 2006

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Birmingham, AL – On November 21, 2006, the Birmingham Police Department contacted ACIM and reported a 14-year-old girl who had gone missing from her home—a search that ended with several responses to one of the hundreds of automated phone calls that had been placed to the area adjacent to her home by the A Child Is Missing alert program. Upon taking the report, Officer Thomas called the toll free number for the A Child Is Missing alert program, provided key information to the technician, and, shortly after, the region where she was last seen area was ringing with calls requesting those in the area to check their yards and complexes for the missing preteen. Police received several calls from nearby residents that resulted in locating the missing girl. Officer Thomas said, “ The listed missing person was located by her mother a few blocks away from their residence. The alert calls helped in locating her. This was the first time I received such a high number of calls, it was very good this time.”

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Location: Opelika, AL

Missing Child - Recovered: Wednesday, December 08, 2004

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Phoenix City, Lee County, AL - Lee County Sheriff's Office - On December 8, 2004 an 8-year-old boy was reported missing in Phoenix City, Alabama. Stacey in the Communications department of the Lee county Sheriff's Office called A Child Is Missing with the physical details of the missing child. A Child Is Missing technician launched 799 alert phone calls to homes and businesses in the area where the boy had last been seen. The Sheriff's office received more than fifty responses from residents and the child was recovered approximately 30 minutes after the notifications went out, at a neighbor's home. The neighbor received the call and let the Sheriff know right away. Sheriff Jay Jones personally called back after the child was found to thank A Child Is Missing. He was also quoted as saying, "It works, and the program was awesome." "We are convinced that the ACIM system saved all of us untold hours of searching by multiple agencies", and Stacy in Communications was also quite appreciative and was very thankful.

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