Metro LEC Announces Award National AMBER Alert Awareness Day, January 13 th, 2014, is set aside and

memorialized in honor o Am!er "a#erman and the esta!lishment o a national AMBER Alert $ro#ram !y the %&'& De(artment o Justi)e& *his is an a((ro(riate time to noti y the (u!li) o an im(ortant a)hie+ement !y the Metro(olitan ,aw En or)ement -oun)il .Metro ,E-/& Metro ,E- is a )onsortium o )ities, towns and sheri de(artments rom Massa)husetts with the #oal o sharin# resour)es amon# its mem!er a#en)ies in order to (ro+ide the !est (ossi!le (oli)e ser+i)es to the )ommunity& 0n July 23rd and 24th, 2013, Metro ,E- )ondu)ted a 1mo)23 )hild a!du)tion drill in the *own o Norwood& 0 i)ers rom mem!er a#en)ies o the Metro ,E- or#anization mo!ilized and res(onded to Norwood to in+esti#ate a re(ort o a missin# )hild& Assessors rom the AMBER $ro#ram e+aluated the Metro ,E- -hild A!du)tion Res(onse *eam .Metro -AR*/, a s(e)ialized unit within Metro ,E-& *hey assessed (roto)ols and the e e)ti+eness o the drill, to meet standards set orth !y the %&'& De(artment o Justi)e& A ter )om(letion o the drill, Metro -AR* has re)ei+ed noti i)ation rom the AMBER $ro#ram that we ha+e su))ess ully met these ne)essary standards and will !e)ome the 14 th nationally )erti ied -AR* team, and only the se)ond northeastern state team to re)ei+e the honor& 0n 5e!ruary 16th, 2014, Metro ,E- will !e (resented an award !y the De(artment o Justi)e or the national )erti i)ation& *his award will !e (resented !y $hil 7eith, $ro#ram Dire)tor o the AMBER Alert *rainin# and *e)hni)al Assistan)e $ro#ram& More in ormation will ollow re#ardin# the award )eremony&

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