B.C. mom disheartened with no result after 18 months advocating for missing adult alert
It’s been a year and a half since Alina Durham began advocating to get a missing adult alert in place in memory of her daughter, yet nothing has been done.body was found on June 2, 2021Ever since, Durham has been trying to get a bill passed for Shaelene’s Missing Adult Alert. It would be similar to an Amber Alert, but would be for adults who go missing under suspicious circumstances and are at risk of imminent danger or death.She’s having a public event on Monday, Jan. 30 to spread the word.
To name a few, she’s reached out to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, Governor General Mary Simon, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, plus other federal and provincial ministers and several members of police services. “My staff and I have conducted many hours of research and have been in touch with legal and law enforcement experts and officials,” Strahl said in an emailed statement to. “We have learned that there is no federal or provincial legislation in place with respect to the Amber Alert System, rather it is a voluntary partnership between relevant law enforcement organizations.”
Durham was told that having such an alert in place might overload the emergency system, but she doesn’t buy that. She believes if the criteria are followed, people will not be receiving constant alerts on their phones.Strahl added that another issue is that adults have a right to privacy and, as stated in the B.C. Provincial Policing Standards for Missing Persons, going missing is not in and of itself a crime.
“I’m disappointed that I haven’t yet received a response from the Minister of Public Safety, despite my numerous efforts to engage with him to determine if there are ways to improve the system for missing adults right now,” Strahl said. “While it appears as though there will not be a simple fix to this issue, I will continue to raise it with law enforcement officials.”
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