SAFE.. ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN
IN THE WABASH VALLEY.
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO NEWS
10 ON MY FOX 10.
VIGO COUNTY CENTRAL DISPATCH
ADOPTS A NEW 9-11
MISSING CHILDREN PROGRAM. THIS
IS THE FIRST IN THE HOOSIER
STATE. IT'S A PROGRAM CREATED TO
HELP FIND A MISSING CHILD
FASTER.
NEWS 10'S BRITTANY EARL EXPLAINS
HOW THE PROGRAM
FORCES DISPATCHERS TO ASK THE
RIGHT QUESTIONS.
WHEN A CHILD GOES MISSING EVERY
SECOND COUNTS.
THAT'S WHY VIGO COUNTY CENTRAL
DISPATCHERS TEAMED UP WITH
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING
AND EXPLOITED
CHILDRENS TO BETTER PREPARE
THEMSELVES THROUGH A NEW
PROGRAM. "WITH OUR CALL CENTER
PARTNER
PROGRAM THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
KNOW THAT ALL THESE QUESTIONS
WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE AN ANSWER
FOR THEM FOR THE STATE POLICE
TO HOPEFULLY ISSUE AN AMBER
ALERT WHEN WE HAVE A MISSING
CHILD." ABOUT 8-HUNDRED-
THOUSAND KIDS GO MISSING A YEAR
..THAT'S TWO-THOUSAND A
DAY. WITH THE MISSING KIDS AND
911 READINESS PROGRAM...VIGO
COUNTY DISPATCH
DIRECTOR ROB MCMULLEN SAYS WITH
THIS PROGRAM
DISPATCHERS ARE FORCED TO ASK
THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. "THE
DISPATCHERS WILL HAVE A LIST
OF CERTAIN QUESTIONS TO ASK THAT
THEY NEED TO ASK
THAT EVERYTHING IS THE HEIGHT
THE WEIGHT WHAT THERE LAST
WEARING ANY DESCRIPTION WHERE
THEY WERE LAST
SCREEN ANY DIRECTION OF TRAVEL
IT JUST HELPS US GATHER
THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION EXTRA
INFORMATION
THAT THE OFFICER IS GONNA NEED
AT THE SCENE TO LOOK
FOR THESE CHILDREN." MCMULLEN
SAYS IT'S ALSO AN
HONOR HIS DISPATCHERS ARE THE
FIRST TO PARTICIPATE IN
THIS PROGRAM ACROSS THE HOOSIER
STATE. " "
A PROGRAM THAT 28"-VIGO COUNTY
DISPATCHERS.. SPENT HOURS
LEARNING SPECIALIZED TRAINING
TECHNIQUES.. IN
JUST HOW TO ASSESS "A MISSING
CHILD'S 9-1-1 CALL".
IN TERRE HAUTE WITH
PHOTOJOURNALIST MIKE LATTA
BRITTANY EARL NEWS 10.
"THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING
AND EXPLOITED
CHILDREN" CREATED "THE 9- 1-1
CALL CENTER PARTNER
PROGRAM" AND TRAINED
PARTICIAPTING
DISPATCH CENTERS AT NO COST.
