CAF Policy

CAF was created as a focal point for providing immediate notification for the cooperative effort between local media (radio/tv) and law enforcement agencies.

It is the policy of CAF to support law enforcement agencies who are using the Abduction Central Alert (ACA) program to notify the surrounding community of missing or abducted individuals. All participating agencies within a 100 mile radius of the abduction will be notified using many forms of telecommunication, which include email, fax, pagers, wireless notification. Providing these notifications electronically will provide a faster first response to the abduction as it is reported to the police.

It is our goal to make the reporting of any abduction as quick and efficient as possible considering the circumstances.

Please Note:

In order to protect the Child Alert Foundation from liability and to make sure that the information processed is legitimate, our ACA software is provided only to police, sheriff or 911 facility so that all reports are "pure".

We typically do not process reports that are weeks or months old since our goal is to help terminate a situation within the first few hours of being reported. For our protection, CAF will only process outside requests if we receive a faxed copy of the original police report from the agency where the report was made. If a picture is available, please have it emailed to our office to be processed.

We want to do as much as we can to assist in the recovery of your love one and we appreciate your support for helping to provide this technology to law enforcement agencies in your area.

CAF Mission Policy