CITY OF ORLANDO
COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM

Items Types:
Awards/Presentations/Recognitions 		For Meeting of:
May 15, 2017
District: ALL From:
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Exhibits: Yes On File (City Clerk) : Yes Draft Only: No
Grant Received by City?: No
Subject:
National Missing Children’s Day
Summary:

Chief Mina will begin the presentation with some talking points about National Missing Children’s Day.

The children in our community deserve every advantage that we can give them.   Growing up is an unknown journey and when a child is the victim of abuse then their journey becomes even more complicated. 

 According to the FBI, in 2016 there were 465,676 NCIC entries for missing children. Similarly, in 2015, the total number of missing children entries into NCIC was 460,699. (Source: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)

Our officers and detectives work tirelessly on all the reported cases in Orlando and we know that there are many more cases that aren’t reported.

In 2016, 360 missing children were reported in Orlando.  Det. Brewster of our Special Victims Unit was assigned to investigate and work on locating these children.  In addition to Det. Brewster’s work on these cases, she was also tasked with reviewing and investigating 151 cases of missing children from other jurisdictions, all successfully recovered by the Orlando Police Department.

Anyone familiar with the term ‘Amber Alert’ understands that these cases have the potential to require tremendous resources and efforts to resolve.  In 2016 we had one Amber Alert case but it required the assistance of federal and several state law enforcement agencies and took several days to locate the endangered youth. 

We know we can’t do it alone and we depend on our partners to help bring our children safely home.  Several of them have joined us today.

Mayor Dyer, would you read the proclamation?

 
Fiscal & Efficiency Data: Not applicable.
Recommended Action:
Mayor reads proclamation and invites those in attendance to join him for a photograph.
Agenda Item attachment(s) on file in the City Clerks Office.
Note: All agenda items must be in the City Clerk's office by Noon Friday, six(6) business days prior to the regular Monday City Council meeting.
Contact: CSO Roland Clee, Evelyn Aponte, Executive Assistant to Chief Mina, Austin Moore, Chief Assistant City Attorney, Annette Rodriguez
Approved By:

Department Date and Time
Budget Outside Routing Approval 5/3/2017 3:31 PM
Grants 5/3/2017 7:14 PM
City Clerk 5/4/2017 1:41 PM
ATTACHMENTS:
Name: Description: Type:
Proclamation_National_Missing_Children_s_Day_2017.docx National Missing Children's Day Proclamation Backup Material
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