Saline County Sheriff's Administration

Saline County Arkansas

What is the "Morgan Nick Alert"?

How it works

PURPOSE:

The MORGAN NICK ALERT is a cooperative effort of 250 radio stations in the state of Arkansas and law enforcement.  The plan provides law enforcement agencies access to local media in cases of children missing under suspicious circumstances.  All participating radio stations will interrupt programming to broadcast the alert and any subsequent information provided by the police.

POLICY:

A supervisor will be immediately dispatched to the scene if the missing child is under twelve (12) years of age or criminal activity is the possible reason for the child being reported as missing.  The MORGAN NICK ALERT will be initiated whenever circumstances indicate the need for an immediate large scale, organized search for a missing child.  The incident commander will consider the following:

Danger presented to the child

Age of child

Time of Occurrence

Witness information

Other facts that indicate child was abducted or is in danger of serious injury or death

PROCEDURE:

When the incident commander activates the MORGAN NICK ALERT, the following procedures will be followed:

a.  The incident commander will immediately notify the communications supervisor and the public information officer.

b.  The incident commander will contact the designee of the LP1 radio station to initiate the MORGAN NICK ALERT through the Emergency Broadcast System.

c.  The communications supervisor will complete the MORGAN NICK ALERT Notification Form and fax the information to the LP1 radio station.

d.  Upon conformation, the radio station will immediately proceed with the distribution of the information to the other participating radio stations.

e.  Subsequent updates will be provided to the stations by the incident commander or the public information officer.

f.  The incident commander will immediately notify the communications supervisor and the public information officer when the missing child is located.

g.  The communications supervisor will notify the radio stations immediately upon the notification by incident commander that the case is closed.

h.  A copy of the MORGAN NICK ALERT Notification Form will be submitted with the general report.

MORGAN NICK ALERT FORM

Date:   ____________________________

Time:  ____________________________

VICTIM INFORMATION:

Name:  ______________________________________________________________________

Address:  ____________________________________________________________________

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DOB:  _____________  Sex:  ________  Race:  ________  Height:  _________Weight:  ______  

Eye Color:  ________  Hair Color & Style: __________________________________________

Clothing Description:  __________________________________________________________

Area Last Observed:  ___________________________________________________________

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SUSPECT INFORMATION:

Name:  ______________________________________________________________________

Address:  ____________________________________________________________________

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Age:  ___________  Sex:  __________  Race:  _______  Height:  _________Weight:  ________  

Eye Color:  ________  Hair Color & Style: __________________________________________

Identifying Marks:  ____________________________________________________________

Clothing Description:  __________________________________________________________

Area Last Observed:  ___________________________________________________________

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VEHICLE INFORMATION:

Year:  ___________  Make:  ____________________  Model:  __________________________

License Plate Number:  _________________________  Color:  _________________________  

Body Damage:  ______________________________________

Miscellaneous Information:  ______________________________________________________

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Requesting supervisors name, rank and telephone number:  

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