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Zina Linnick
The News Tribune re-examined the Tacoma Police Department's reasons for delaying the issuance of an Amber Alert in the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl later found dead and learned that department officials, including the chief of police and department spokesman, lied to the public about what happened.
Tags: Police; Amber Alert
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Missing: Children at Risk
This yearlong investigation looked at mistakes police, the federal government and the national news media make in reporting missing children. Among the findings were that many police departments violate federal law by not immediately reporting missing children to state authorities, and that the National Child Search Assistance Act, passed by Congress in 1990, is largely ignored.
Tags: state government; federal government; children; kidnapping; amber alert; education; National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; National Child Search Assistance Act