Missing Child Clearinghouse Services

MICHIGAN STATE POLICE

SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION

PREVENTION SERVICES SECTION

SERVICES PROVIDED:

q       EAGLE EYE/CHILD NET PROGRAM

A partnership between the United States Postal Service and the clearinghouse, that utilizes postal carriers to search for missing children. Postal carriers are provided a missing child flier, and while they are on their normal delivery routes they search for the child.

q       AMBER ALERT

Amber Alert is dedicated to act as a liaison between law enforcement and the media, to quickly disseminate information on an endangered missing child to the public. Working together, the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, Michigan Association Chiefs of Police, Michigan Sheriff's Association, Michigan Department of Transportation, and the Michigan Department of State Police support the Michigan Amber Alert program.

q       LOCATER

A computerized program supplied by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that electronically creates and disseminates images and case information on a missing child. This system allows law enforcement to create missing children posters, and place the missing children images on the NCMEC website.