Crime & Safety

Braintree Officers to Participate in Missing Child Drill

Braintree police officers who are members of the regional Metro LEC law enforcement group will join with Chief Russell Jenkins in a mock child abduction drill Wednesday morning in Norwood.

Some 200 law enforcement personnel from Metro LEC's member communities will participate in the exercise with the goal of becoming become one of only 19 nationally certified Child Abduction Response Teams (CART) in the country and only the second northeastern state team to receive the honor.

"Preparedness in law enforcement is critical in any type of incident, but never more so than in the case of a missing child," according to a press release by the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council. "It is the key component to having a successful resolution to the case.  

"For that reason, this proactive drill is intended to simulate a terrifying and emotionally draining scenario for anyone involved  and make our response as real life as possible.  It will offer us the welcome opportunity to work with our state and federal law enforcement partners-as they assist in a force multiplier role -collaborating in amber alert notification, crime scene services and technological expertise." 

Team members focused on getting ready administratively Tuesday, Chief Jenkins said. He and his officers will be in Norwood Wednesday morning. His role is to assist the Norwood Police Chief in response scenarios such as media communications.

"We are acutely aware of the toll that a real life incident of this magnitude can take on a community and its first responders," according to MetroLEC. "However, no one feels the pain more intensely than the family of the innocent victim.  We owe it to our jurisdictions, our residents and most importantly, our children, to make sure that we prepare ourselves as much as possible to give them the best chance for a positive outcome."


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