BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
MISSING CHILDREN'S DAY
2009
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, last year, the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons recorded 10,583 cases of
missing persons and 8,350 of those were for missing children, of which 96 percent were returned to their
families safely.
WHEREAS, the N.C. Center for Missing Persons works closely with local, state and federal law
enforcement agencies and sponsors training for law enforcement officers, home care providers and
assisted living facilities; and
WHEREAS, the N.C. Center for Missing Persons maintains an extensive computer database and
serves as a statewide resource center for information on missing children, gives assistance to sheriffs
offices and police departments, serves as liaison between states and various governmental agencies when
child abductions cross state lines, and manages the North Carolina AMBER Alert and Silver Alert
Systems; and
WHEREAS, the N.C. Center for Missing Persons activates the N.C. AMBER Alert system when a
child is believed to be abducted by a stranger or in danger of injury or death and activates the Silver Alert
system when a child is missing and believed to be suffering from dementia or a cognitive impairment; and
WHEREAS, the N.C. Center for Missing Persons activated the AMBER Alert system eight times
in 2008 and the Silver Alert two times, with successful recoveries of each child involved; and
WHEREAS, families can take steps to prevent child abductions by knowing where their children
play, who their friends are and talking with them about their safety at home, at school and on the Internet;
and
WHEREAS, if a child is missing, their families must immediately file a missing persons report
with local law enforcement, remembering time, is always a critical factor; and
WHEREAS, each year the N.C. Center for Missing Persons joins the National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children in observing National Missing Children’s Day.
NOW, THEREFORE. I, BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE, Governor of the State of North Carolina,
do hereby proclaim Friday, May 22, 2009. as MISSING CHILDREN'S DAY in North Carolina, and
encourage all citizens to iMUjfcuinate in the observance by taking the time to talk to a child about safety.
IN WITNE
North Carolina at t
have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of
igh this twenty-first day of May in the year of our Lord two thousand
and nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty third.
BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
