While we did not achieve our hoped-for result of a third straight decline in total reports, we are nonetheless hopeful. After fifteen years of increases, the numbers appear to be stabilizing.
Today there is a system in place and it is working.
Law enforcement is responding more effectively than ever before. Technology is helping us transmit images and information instantly. The public is paying greater attention to missing child photos, and the vast majority of America s missing children are coming home safely. We have much more to do.