What If Your Child Gets Lost In A Store?
Stephanie, a young friend of mine, works part time in a large book store. She recently wrote about an incident that happened while she was at work, and I thought parents ought to know about CODE ADAM. Here’s the note she wrote to me:
From working in Barnes and Noble I have learned about Code Adam, the process of locating a missing child in a retail establishment or a public place. We train regularly in executing the procedure, just in case. We did it every night for a month before the Harry Potter release party back in 2007. However, I had never actually done one until last weekend.
Last weekend we had a parent come up to us saying that she couldn’t find her two little girls. I was the one who received the information and had to make the overhead page…”Attention Barnes & Nobles customers, we have a Code Adam, etc…”. We found the girls very quickly, but still I was shaken for hours afterwards.
I wrote the article explaining what Code Adam is and why it exists for you to share with parents. I was very impressed by the customers in the store that day because everyone froze and was silent while we looked for the girls. I think it’s helpful for parents to know that this procedure exists.
Stephanie wrote an article with more information about CODE ADAM that I posted on my firm’s website. Here is a link to the article she wrote. Thanks, Stephanie, for helping to spread the word.
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