[sbe-eas] Question for the group about the new MEP EAS Code

[mlangner at swcp.com]

Yes, and to follow-up, in part, if not in large measure, this code came about due to the large number of missing persons each year from Native America.

For example, 5,203 missing Indigenous women and girls were reported in in 2021, the latest year for which I could quickly Google a number. The number comes from the FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC).

The relatives and friends of the missing are likely to claim that every time a person who doesn’t meet the Amber Alert criteria goes missing that they’re also endangered, and demand that law enforcement call for an MEP.

It will be interesting to see what end up being MEP criteria in action, not just on paper.

Which is why I floated my question in the first place!

Just trying to get ahead of the issue!

Thanks again !

Mike/
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Mike Langner
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From: sbe-eas <sbe-eas-bounces at sbe.org> On Behalf Of Rob Dale
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I'm still unsure what this code actually "does" since most entities will still probably use the CEM. But that's an interesting interpretation by the dad - understandable given the emotions involved with a missing person regardless of the overall circumstances...

 

Rob

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I sure agree – and a local angry father does not!

Many thanks!

Mike/
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Mike Langner
929 Alameda Road NW
Albuquerque, NM 87114-1901

(505) 898-3212 home/home office
(505) 238-8810 cell
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Let the "and" roll off the tongue 🙂 A missing person who is not in danger - is not a public emergency.

 

Rob

 

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Subject: [sbe-eas] Question for the group about the new MEP EAS Code 

 

Hello everyone !

Please allow me to ask a question about the new MEP EAS code.

A New Mexico father is angry and is complaining that the media didn’t carry alerts about his missing adult son.

There is no evidence that the missing adult son is endangered in any way.

So, here’s my request for clarification.

Is MEP designed for:

            (1) persons who are simultaneously missing and endangered, or

            (2) persons who are missing but may or may not be endangered?

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