HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-071 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 02-71
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TEMECULA
SUPPORTING ASSEMBLY BILL 415 (RUNNER) WHICH
WOULD CREATE A STATEWlDE PLAN TO USE THE
EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM AS "AMBER ALERTS" TO
INFORM THE PUBLIC OF KIDNAPPINGS
WHEREAS, The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has reported
that 74% of children murdered by non-family members had been killed within the first three
hours of their abduction;
WHEREAS, Reporting of missing children is often delayed by at least two hours,
compounding the critical importance of rapid response;
WHEREAS, in 1997, following the abduction and murder of 9-year old Amber
Hagerman, in Arlington, TX, the Dallas Association of Radio Managers developed a local
program to alert the public of abducted children;
WHEREAS, In 2001, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
(NCMEC), launched a national AMBER (America's Missing Broadcast Emergency Response)
Plan with the goal of assisting towns across the United States develop their own child abduction
alert system;
WHEREAS, Existing law authorizes use of the Emergency Alert System to inform
the public of local, state, and national emergencies;
WHEREAS, AB 415 would require law enforcement agencies that are informed
of the abduction of a child 17 years of age or younger, or an individual with a proven mental or
physical disability, and that determine the victim, to request, absent extenuating investigative
needs, activation of the Emergency Alert System within the appropriate local area,
WHEREAS, AB 415 would require the Office of Emergency Services, in
consultation with the Department of Justice, to develop policies and procedures providing
instruction how law enforcement agencies, broadcaster and any other intermediate emergency
services agencies that may institute activation of the Emergency Alert System shall proceed
after a qualifying abduction has been reported to a law enforcement agency.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Temecula supports AB 415
(Runner) and will provide a formal letter of support to California State legislators; and
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Temecula at
a regular meeting held on the 13th day of August 2002.
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Ron'Roberts, Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE
CITY OF TEMECULA
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I, Michaela A. Ballreich, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Temecula, California, do hereby
certify that Resolution No. 02-71 was duly a~d regularly adopted by the City Council of the City
of Temecula at a regular meeting thereof held on the 13th day of August, 2002, by the following
vote:
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
ABSENT: 0
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Comerchero, Naggar, Pratt, Stone, Roberts
None
None
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