After the “Find Me” system was put into operation yesterday in neighboring Serbia, which urgently alerts the public and starts the search for missing children, the question arises as to why it is not available in Bosnia and Herzegovina. All levels of government agree that we need it and that it can be easily implemented, and Security Minister Nenad Nešić announces the intensification of the story about the introduction of a system modeled after the American Amber alert.
In contrast to neighboring Serbia, where around 1,500 missing children are reported annually, the statistics in Bosnia and Herzegovina are much more favorable.
But just one missing child that is not found in time is a signal for alarm. And that’s systemic. It is enabled by Amber alert – an alarm system that is activated in case of missing children.
“Amber Alert” was named after the little girl whose death changed everything. Her killer was never found
A significant role in the alert system would also be played by the Safe Internet Center, which initiated the introduction of the Amber Alert in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and which would assist the police in some way.
The key factor in any search is time.
If we had it by now, numerous cases of missing children from the past would have been solved happily. On the pages of the MUP in Bosnia and Herzegovina, there are still many long-standing unsolved searches, among them missing children. This is why the citizens themselves emphasize the necessity of introducing an Amber alert.
The police are ready, they point out, in addition to speeding up the search for missing persons, it is also a form of prevention of such cases. The United States of America is also ready to finance it, but political will is needed to connect the system, N1 reports.
