Attorney General Petro Takes High-Tech Approach To Finding Missing Children

COLUMBUS – Attorney General Jim Petro has unveiled a package of technological tools that will help local law-enforcement officials deliver timely and accurate information to the public when a child goes missing.
During a May 25 press conference, Attorney General Jim Petro discusses the various technological tools his office has created to help find missing children. “When a child is abducted, every second is critical,” Petro said. “Using technology, we’ve made it easier for local law-enforcement officials to immediately identify potential suspects and widely disseminate important details and circumstances of a child’s disappearance as quickly as possible.”

Members of the public can visit www.ohioamberplan.org to sign up for the new Ohio Citizen Alert Network (Ohio CAN) and receive instant e-mail notices on their computers or text messages on their wireless phones whenever an AMBER Alert is issued. Additionally, citizens can download a screen saver at www.mcc.ag.state.oh.us featuring a regularly updated rotation of pictures of missing children. Petro will partner with the corporate community to feature the missing-child photos on public monitors, such as those found on gas pumps and in shopping malls. Easton Town Center in Columbus already has agreed to display the pictures on its screens.