Amber Alert to be officially launched in Serbia on Wednesday

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The Serbian Amber Alert system will officially start working tomorrow, Igor Juric has told TV Pink.

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"When we talk about finding missing children, the key is a quick search and for citizens to join in the search," Igor Juric, founder of the Tijana Juric Foundation, told TV PINK.

Juric said that only the families of the missing, and the missing children know about how important this system is.

"When we talk about finding missing children, the key is a quick search and for citizens to join in the search. This has not been the case until now and that is why this system is very important. It implies that the wider community will be involved in the search for missing children, apart from the police, who will continue their regular procedures, as they have been doing so far," said Juric.

According to him, the media as a key factor will be the most involved, followed by mobile operators and all other factors. He adds that this also applies to the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade, Putevi Srbije ("Roads of Serbia") public company, shopping centers, gas stations, as well as citizens and their awareness.

"The system will be built in several phases, and the first will be launched tomorrow at the 'Safety and Responsibility 2023' conference. In this first phase, media, mobile operators, the airport, as well as railway and bus stations that currently have the technical capabilities for this will be included in the system," says Juric and adds:

"In the second phase, shopping centers will be involved, which, when a child goes missing, will have the obligation to publish information about the disappearance on their LED screens, as well as gas stations. In the second phase, social networks will also be included," Juric said.

According to him, in the first eight hours after a disappearance information about it will be published, and everyone will have an identical poster, with a photo and basic information.

"There will be an obligation to publish that information once every 30 minutes in the first eight hours, and then every hour until the 24th hour. Mobile operators will send messages that a child is missing, and there will also be messages on highways," Juric said.

(Telegraf.rs)