Safety for Children

Children go missing every day, and it is becoming quite an epidemic. Child safety service InstantAmber has some pretty interesting missing children statistics that highlight just how big the problem is:

In America, more than 797,500 are reported missing on average in a single year. Broken down further: 2,185 children are reported missing each and every day. Fortunately, of those reported missing, only a small percent (9%) are victims of either family abductions, or stereotypical kidnappings. Once more, after a further look at the statistics, we find that only 2% of children who go missing are subject to a non-family abductions and 7% have been abducted by family members.

Unfortunately, when a child is kidnapped those figures become increasingly grim. There is typically over a two-hour delay in the initial report of a missing child. Sadly, 74% of those that are murdered are killed within the first three hours of the abduction. There are estimated to be over 100 cases a year where a child is abducted and murdered. These children are generally low risk victims. Most of them, 74%, are girls and 80% of the time the initial contact between child and abductor is generally within 1/4 of a mile from the home.

Child safety is still a very important issue that we must remember to pay attention to.

Parents in Staten Island, New York are concerned over child safety after it was reported that a cell tower in the Huguenot area was putting off low levels of radiation into a few classrooms at Our Lady Star of the Sea school. The towers, positioned on the school’s roof, bring in a revenue of roughly $13,000 a year to the school from the cell company. There are other cell towers in the immediate area that are also being detected at the school.

Two months after learning that the towers across the street emit radiation toward the school, Monsignor Conway ordered metal screens, which will be installed on classroom windows to deflect radiation. He is also planning to ask the owner of the strip mall to turn the antennas away from the school. The antennas, which are on top of a Dunkin’ Donuts, are operated by T-Mobile, records show. In addition, a Verizon representative said the company is planning to add 12 antenna panels to the site.

Lawmakers in the area are calling for an investigation in light of the new findings and fear over the children’s safety.