Mission
To establish a countywide child abduction response plan whose
purpose is to create an interagency coordinated response to
abducted missing and endangered children in York County. The
plan will identify responsibilities, coordinate resources,
enhancing the recovery efforts of law enforcement.
History
In December 2006 a coordinated effort began to put together
this task force including agencies such as the York County
Sheriff's Office, York County District Attorney's Office and its
County detectives, West Manchester PD., Stewartstown PD., York
City PD., Adult and Juvenile Probation, Children & Youth,
MHMR, Court Administration through the Criminal Justice Advisory
Board. These core agencies put together a plan meet with the
National Center For Missing and Exploited Children and the York
County Missing Child Task Force was born.
In February 2009 York County in conjunction with the U.S.
Department of Justice, AMBER Alert national training and Fox
Valley Technical Institute hosted Investigative Strategies for
Missing and Abducted Children. Members from thirty seven local
and federal law enforcement agencies all over Pennsylvania
participated in four and half days of classroom training.
Instructors from departments like the Dallas Police Department,
Cook County States Attorney's Office, Knoxville PD. Albuquerque
N.M. District Attorneys Office and Arlington Texas Police
Department came to York to share best practices in investigating
missing and abducted children.
K9 Lou turned one year old in January 2009 and continues to
work on perfecting his trailing technique. With over 150 trails
since he has come to work in York he continues training toward
his goal of being a full working member of the department. In
November 2008 The American Bloodhound Club awarded him his
Mantrailer title after his field trial in Lancaster County.
Any organization who would like K9 Lou to make an appearance
may contact his handler Sgt. Samuel Shipley at 717-771-9962 or
via email at stshipley@york-county.org
To make a donation to help K-9 Lou fulfill his mission you can
make a check out to the County of York and send it to:
York County Sheriff's Office
Attn: Sgt. Samuel Shipley
45 N George St. York PA 17401
YORK COUNTY MISSING CHILD TASK
FORCE
CHILD ABDUCTION RESPONSE EFFORT
(CARE)
BECOMES 12TH TEAM IN THE NATION
TO BE A CERTIFIED CHILD ABDUCTION RESPONSE TEAM
ONLY CERTIFIED TEAM IN
PENNSYLVANIA
On October 21st & 22nd the
York County Missing Child Task Force went thru it National
Certification test. Evaluators from the US Department of Justice
Juvenile Justice Programs and the National Center For Missing
and Exploited Children spent two day sifting thru the Task
Force's Policies and Procedures and on Friday evaluated how they
would handle a child abduction.
In the early morning hours of Friday October
22nd under a full moon a lone child walking in Dunedin Park in
West Manchester Township was abducted by two men driving a grey
4 door Nissan pick-up truck. Witnessed by three students from
York Technical Institute's Criminal Justice Program who played
the parts of joggers and a passer by in the park York County 911
received a call around 06:45 for a witnessed child abduction
just occurred. This set in motion multiple responses with in the
county. West Manchester Police Officers responded to the park
and began to interview witnesses and finding this to be a child
abduction requested their detectives and a supervisor to
respond. In addition to those responding an immediate request
went out for Sheriff's deputies in the area to respond. As units
began to gather in the park police radio's and Mobile Data
Terminals in patrol units all over York County began to receive
the BOLO ( Be on the Look out) for the suspects and the child.
Sgt. Rick Trout of West Manchester PD. assumed command and
requested the Child Abduction Response Effort Team to respond.
This request brings officers and detectives from York City PD,
West York Borough PD, York County Sheriff's Office, West
Manchester PD, Stewartstown PD, Pennsylvania State Police, Adult
& Juvenile Probation, York County District Attorney's
Office, the FBI, the US Marshal's Fugitive Task Force, and York
County Department of Emergency Service's. All personnel on the
team has received specialized training from the NCMEC. The
arrival of the team starts 3-4 hours of going thru all the real
steps they would use to locate a missing or abducted child.
Members of the team not knowing the scenario had to figure out
what happened to the child thru tips phoned into the teams
Hotline set up at the Emergency Operations Center. Three hours
into the scenario they got the break they needed the child is
recovered unharmed and the suspects are arrested moments later
about 2 miles from the child.
Evidence is marked and
photographed by the York County Forensics Team from the York
County Districts Attorney's Office
Pennsylvania State Police
Aviation unit is seen overhead circling the area of the
abduction. While not on a mission the unit is seen
sitting on the ground at
Hanover Rd. and Lincoln Highway
 
Members of the CARE Team
discuss strategy in the Counties Mobile Command Unit
 
Members of the search teams
begin briefing while York County Sheriff's Deputy Jeannie Rupp
marks of the evidence with police tape.
 
Second crime scene is
discovered thru tips phoned into the CARE Team Hotline which
leads officers and the teams K-9 unit to the York County 4-H
Center in West Manchester Township. Units from the West
Manchester Police, York County Sheriff's Office, the
Pennsylvania State Police, and the Citizens Emergency Response
Team (CERT) prepare to search the grounds for the missing child.
A search of the grounds with the Sheriff's Office's and the
Teams Bloodhound found the child hiding in thick brush after
being dumped by his abductors
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