Activist: Everyone Should Aid in Search for Missing Children

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The chairman of the City Council's Police and Fire Committee, Aid. Isaac Carothers (29th) said: "We already post missing persons flyers in our ward office, and will expand promotion (of) missing persons information from links on our aldermanic Internet site to the Chicago Police Department's Web site. Further, we will continue to make missing persons reports part of our regular community meetings, to assist in this effort"

"If the schools (that) these missing children attend get more involved, it'll be better all the way around. When they get a flyer they should make sure they're issued to the students and to the parents, especially those who pick up their children," the activist said.

"Our safety office notifies the schools and each school will take the necessary action. Usually, a school's first notification of a missing child comes from the parents, not the police," said [Monique Bond].

A technical glitch may have prevented her missing persons alert from being sent to the media, police said.

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Activist: Everyone Should Aid in Search for Missing Children

An anti-violence activist said the police's increased frequency of issuing missing persons alerts is not enough to help bring missing children home. The media, schools and churches must also take ...

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