3. Respond to Threats

Use RADAR to monitor for threats...

RADAR is your child's watchdog. He faithfully reports all communications with people who are not on the authorized contact list that you created for your child. These alerts go to your cell phone or email account, letting you act immediately. Just log onto RADAR from any Internet browser and review the unauthorized contacts received by your child. Check for cyber-bullying, illicit messages, suspicious phone calls and other patterns of abuse. Then talk to your child about it, or report it to the authorities for further investigation. You can print copies of the saved communications for law enforcement.

Act immediately if you believe that your child is missing!

If your child is missing from home, search the house checking closets, piles of laundry, in and under beds and inside old refrigerators. If you still cannot find your child, immediately call your local law enforcement agency. If your child disappears in a store, notify the store manager or security office - then immediately call your local law enforcement agency.

When you call law enforcement, provide your child's name, date of birth, height, weight, and any other unique identifiers such as eyeglasses and braces. Tell them when you noticed that your child was missing and what clothing he or she was wearing. Request that your child's name and identifying information be immediately entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Mission Person File. After you have reported your child missing to law enforcement, call the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children on this toll-free telephone number, 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).