Code Adam was created and named in memory of 6-year-old
Adam
Walsh. In 1981 Adam was abducted from a Florida shopping mall and
later found murdered.
Since the beginning of the Code Adam program
in 1994 it has been a powerful search tool for lost and possibly abducted
children
There are six steps employees are trained to follow when a Code Adam
is activated
If a visitor reports a child is missing, a detailed description of
the child and what he or she is wearing is obtained.
The employee goes to the nearest in-house telephone and pages Code
Adam
If the child is not found within 10 minutes, law enforcement is called.
If the child is found accompanied by someone other than a parent
or legal guardian, reasonable efforts to delay their departure will
be used without putting the child, staff, or visitors at risk
Act immediately if
you believe that your child is missing.
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