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The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) is a national clearinghouse and resource center for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases throughout the United States. NamUs is funded and administered by the National Institute of Justice through a cooperative agreement with the University of North Texas Health Science ...
St. Louis Missing Persons Inc; The Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit is part of the California Department of Justice. [19] They help local agencies with identifying unknown, and locating missing persons. Destiny Search Project - Is an all volunteer nonprofit based in Utah that provides services to families, law enforcement, and other groups ...
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, also known as PEMA, is an independent cabinet-level agency in Pennsylvania tasked with the response to, preparedness for, recovery from, and the mitigation or prevention of disasters (natural and otherwise) and other emergencies. [1]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted Thursday to adopt a proposal to create a new emergency alert that could help save the lives of many missing and endangered Indigenous people and ...
The new statewide “Ebony Alert” will go into effect in January. Officials say it’s the first of its kind in the nation.
A new California law will create an emergency alert system to help find missing Black youth and women between the ages of 12 and 25. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 673 into law Oct 8.
In cases in which a missing person is believed to be missing on foot, Silver Alerts have used Reverse 911 or other emergency notification systems to notify nearby residents of the neighborhood surrounding the missing person's last known location. Silver Alerts can also be used for children who are missing without being in danger or abducted.
Per a 2017 report, the U.S. states of Oregon, Arizona, and Alaska have the highest numbers of missing-person cases per 100,000 people. [6] In Canada—with a population a little more than one tenth that of the United States—the number of missing-person cases is smaller, but the rate per capita is higher, with an estimated 71,000 reported in ...