Police gather to combat child abduction
More than 100 law enforcement officers gathered March 18 in Bethany Beach to hone their skills in preventing child abduction.
Speaking to the officers attending a three-day conference, Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security Secretary Joshua Bushweller said thousands of children have been saved by Amber Alerts in the years following the activation of the notification system.
“The threat is real, no question,” he said during the Child Abduction Response Team Training Event. “Protecting children is a moral and legal imperative.”
Melissa Steele is a staff writer covering the state Legislature, government and police. Her newspaper career spans more than 30 years and includes working for the Delaware State News, Burlington County Times, The News Journal, Dover Post and Milford Beacon before coming to the Cape Gazette in 2012. Her work has received numerous awards, most notably a Pulitzer Prize-adjudicated investigative piece, and a runner-up for the MDDC James S. Keat Freedom of Information Award.
