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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Agenda Item No. 16J2
June 23, 2009
RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROvf"kkof 10
USE OF CONFISCATED TRUST FUNDS FOR EOUIPMENT AND STAFF SUPPORT
TO ASSIST IN THE RECOVERY OF MISSING/ABDUCTED CHILDREN.
OBJECTIVE: To seek appropriation from the Confiscated Trust Fund of $23,907.00 for equipment and
staff support to assist in the recovery of missing/abducted children.
CONSIDERATION: The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (the National Center) by
virtue of Section 932.7055 (5) (c) 1 Florida Statutes is seeking Board authorization for the appropriation
of funds for equipment and staff support to assist in the recovery of missing/abducted children. The
National Center has applied to the Sheriff for appropriation. The Sheriffs Office requests Board approval
to appropriate $23,907.00 to support the National Center's program in Collier County. The mission of the
National Center is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation, help find missing children, and
assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve
them.
Some of the purposes of the National Center are to:
a. Serve as the national resource center and information clearinghouse for missing and exploited
children.
b. Operate a national 24-hour toll-free hotline to intake reports of missing children and receive leads
about ongoing cases.
c. Operate the CyberTipline, the "9-1-1 for the Internet", that the public and electronic service
providers may use to report Internet-related child sexual exploitation.
d. Coordinate public and private programs that locate, recover, or reunite missing children with their
families.
e. Provide technical assistance and training to individuals and law enforcement agencies in the
prevention, investigation, prosecution, and treatment of cases involving missing and exploited
children.
The National Center, through the Sheriffs Office, requests $23,907.00 from the Confiscated Trust Fund
to be used to support their purposes. This support will be used to assist in equipment and staff support
costs to benefit Collier County's missing/abducted children and their families.
FISCAL IMP ACT: A budget amendment is needed to appropriate a remittance to the National Center
of $23,907.00 and to reduce the Confiscated Trust Fund.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT: No recurring costs for subsequent years.
RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of County Commissioners approves the budget amendment for
the use of funds for equipment and staff support to assist in the recovery of missing/abducted children.
CERTIFICATION OF CONFISCATED TRUST FUND REQUEST
This request is a legitimate expenditure of Confiscated Trust Funds under Section 932.7055 (5) (c) 1,
Florida Statutes.
PREPARED BY:
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Carol Golightly, Finance D
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Kevin Ra. osk, Sheriff
APPROVED BY:
Approvtld as to form & legal sufficiency
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COlleerfGreene,
Assistant County Attorney
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DATE: June 8, 2009
Item Number:
Item Summary:
Meeting Date:
COLLIER COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve the use of Confiscated Trust
Funds for equipment and staff support to assist in the recovery of missing/abducted children.
6/23/2009 9:0000 AM
Approved By
Randy Greenwald
County Manager's Office
Management/Budget Analyst
Office of Management & Budget
Date
Approved By
6/11/200911:20 AM
Leo E. Ochs, Jr.
Board of County
Commissioners
Deputy County Manager
County Manager's Office
Date
6/11/2009 6:31 PM
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PROGRAM PROPOSAL
NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN
PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND CHILD RESCUE
The Collier County, Florida office of the National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children (the National Center) opened its doors in February, 2005 and represents one of
only nine (9) community offices of the National Center.
While the National Center headquarters office in Alexandria, Virginia represents a strong
national resource for the protection of children, community offices offer direct
operational partnership to local schools, day care centers, businesses, parents, volunteers
and law enforcement. The practical concerns found in activity for the protection of
children from sexual offenders and in operations for the safe return of the missing child
may best be addressed by and tailored to the communities in which our children live. It is
in these diverse and unique community circumstances that problems emerge and the
potential for unique and effective solutions will be found.
An estimated sixty-five thousand (65,000) children live in our county;l all of them a
potential victim of sexual molestation., exploitation and abduction. National estimates
have concluded that one in every five girls and one in every ten boys will be sexually
victimized before adulthood.2 In another national study the authors concluded that one in
seven children between the ages often and seventeen have received a sexual solicitation
or approach over the internet and thirty four percent (34%) have been exposed to nudity
or sexually explicit material. 3. Given the national estimates of victimization we could
estimate that more than six thousand Collier County girls and more than three thousand
Collier County boys will be sexually victimized. In addition, an estimated seven
thousand five hundred (7,500) Collier County children will be internet exposed to sexual
material of nude people or people having sex and more than three thousand (3,000) will
be sexually solicited. These numbers represent our children; each of them deserve our
protection. The victimization and exploitation of our children is unacceptable.
At last count, Collier County has one hundred and ninety-six (196) sexual offenders
registered with the Collier County Sheriff's Office, fourteen of them the most serious,
sexual predators. Twelve of these offenders, including two predators, have absconded
and cannot be located at this time!4
I Actual estimate of 65,258; U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts Report, accessed by the internet 14May09.
2 K. Finkelhor. "Current lnfonnation on the Scope and Nature of Child Sexual Abuse." The Future of
Children: Sexual Abuse of Children, 1994, volume 4, page 37.
3 David Finkelhor, Kimberly J. Mitchell, and Janis Wolak. Online Victimization afYouth: Five Years
Later. Alexandria, Virginia: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 2006, pages 7-8, 33.
4 Florida Dept of Law Enforcement Sexual Offender Database, accessed by the internet 14May09
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What can we do?
The Collier County Office of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
was designed to operate in this hazardous environment. By charter it is to be a model
community satellite office that will be replicated throughout the nation. Importantly, the
satellite offices are fashioned to be owned by the communities in which they operate as
self supporting partners within their regional domains. Community advisory committees
assist in the design of operations for these community offices.
Our current operational model is threefold. Prevention, education and internet safety
through the NetSmartz child friendly age scaled computer training program.
As an example, our efforts to infuse critical child protection information into our schools
is a mission critical element to meet our goals of protecting every child and putting
children in a more informed posture. Childhood should be a much more carefree time of
life with minimized physical and emotional risks. Every child should understand risks to
children, how to avoid them and also how to report a crime committed on them. Every
teacher and school administrator should know how to identify, report and intervene in the
life of a child struggling with hidden problems; a formerly academically strong student
who for no apparent reason suddenly struggles to keep pace; a student who has been
punctual to school and who has excellent attendance suddenly becomes truant and lor
habitually tardy; a student who has been gregarious with many friends suddenly becomes
sullen and withdrawn, or worse, despondent.
We also work with our local law enforcement partners to advance the tracking of sex
offenders and predators and to aid the public in knowing where these offenders reside.
Our immediate needs are for equipment to assist in the recovery of missing/abducted
children and for limited staff to operate the equipment. Primary equipment that has been
consistently viewed as critical to child recovery is apparatus that can unequivocally
identify children; quality digital cameras, fingerprint capture scanners and the printing
equipment compatible to these devices.
Why are digital images so critical? Law enforcement agrees with the assessment of the
National Center and its President when he has stated that a good quality, up-to-date,
digital image of a child is the #1 tool we have to bringing that missing child Home. It
simply is not good enough to have a general description of a child for purposes of
recovering that child, though many times this is all that law enforcement has to rely on.
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There are seven "endangered/involuntary", one "parental" abducted and four "runaway"
missing children currently listed in the websites for missing children of Collier County.
Three of these missing children have been posted on the web sites without a picture or
image of them available!s 6 The message is clear, missing persons may be reported from
throughout our nation even from one of the most affluent counties of Florida, Collier
County, and even here we do not consistently have photos to aid in the rescue of our
children.
Contemporary digital equipment is capable of processing a child's full ID document
(fingerprints and digital image) in less than two minutes.7
Finally, in the unhappy and tragic event that a child does go missing, our area law
enforcement must be well practiced in every phase of recovery for the safe return of that
child. Practical field and table top problems allow the national center Naples' office and
local law enforcement to become more confident in an expedited rescue and recovery
operation. Assisting in the planning and implementation of field and table top problem
exercises is one of the many areas that a community office of the Center may aid law
enforcement agencies as a resource. Staffing and development of professional volunteer
cadres will allow more application of these techniques to hone capabilities.
Also, in the event of a missing child incident, the Naples' Office of the National Center
for Missing and Exploited Children serves as a liaison to national resources to acquire
additional trained and experienced operators on the ground at the request of the agency
head of the affected agency.
Future development of the Naples' Office of the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children will likely incorporate more of these mission critical planning and
operations features as resources permit.
Today the Naples' Office is at a crossroads. Economic considerations to fund operations
of the office have superseded operational activity as we have lost half of the staff of the
office to the economic downturn. There is an urgent need for immediate funding to offset
staffing and equipment needs.
5 Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement Missing Endangered Persons Infonnation Clearinghouse, accessed by
internet, 14May09.
6 Collier County Sheriffs Office wehsite, Missing Persons link, accessed by internet, 14May09
7 As an example, a typical machine with this capacity costs -$14,000 including warranty, shipping and
handling; derived from quote, 14May09 from Cross Match Technologies, Palm Beach, Florida
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We wish to apply for funding to acquire an additional digital imaging machine.
fingerprint scanner and printer sufficient to more rapidly process the large numbers of
children of our county.
A budget of request follows.
Descrintion
Cost
One cross Match Child ill System
1 Year Warranty
5000 Child ill Cards
Shipping
Staff Support for OperationlImplementation
Total Cost
$11.695.50
1.215.00
785.00
211.50
10.000.00
523.907.00
Each child ill card issued would incorporate the logo of the National Center and a tag
line identifying our partner. the Collier County Sheriff s Office.
Our total proposal is $23,907.00 in new funding.
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The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's@ (NCMEC) mission is to
help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation; help find missing children;
and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and
the professionals who serve them.
NCMEC was established in 1984 as a private, nonprofit SOl(c)(3) organization to
provide services nationwide for families and professionals in the prevention of
abducted, endangered, and sexually exploited children. Pursuant to its mission
and its congressional mandates (see 't2 l!~;;771 et sea), NCMEC
. Serves as the national resource center and information clearinghouse for
missing and exploited children
. Operates a national 24-hour toll-free hotline, 1-800-THE-LOST@ (1-800-
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ongoing cases
. Operates the CyberTlpline, the "9-1-1 for the Internet," that the pUblic
and electronic service providers may use to report Internet-related child
sexual exploitation
. Provides information about services and Federal programs for missing and
exp:olted children and their families
. Coordinates publiC and private programs that locate, recover, or reunite
missing children with their families
. Provides technical assistance and training to individuals and law-
enforcement agencies in the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and
treatment of cases involving missing and exploited children
. Provides assistance to families and law enforcement agencies in locating
and recovering missing and exploited children, both nationally and
internationally
. Uses publiC records databases to prOVide analytical support and technical
assistance to law enforcement agencies in locating and recovering missing
and exploited children and abductors
. Tracks the incidence of attempted child abductions
. Provides technical assistance and training to law enforcement in
identifying and locating non-compliant sex offenders
. Provides forensic technical assistance to law enforcement
. Works with law enforcement and the private sector to reduce the
distribution of child pornography over the Internet
. Operates a child victim identification program to assist law enforcement In
identifying victims of child pornography
. Develops and disseminates programs and information about Internet
safety and the prevention of child abduction and sexual exploitation
. Facilitates the deployment of the National Emergency Child Locator Center
during periods of national disasters
. Disseminates information about innovative and model programs, services,
and legislation that benefit missing and exploited children
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. Provides an annual report on the number of missing children reported to
NCMEC to the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and
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. Provides guidance to state and local governments and nonprofit agencies
on how to use school records and birth certificates to locate missing
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. Deploys Team Adam, a rapid response and support system comprised of
retired law enforcement officers, to provide on-site technical assistance to
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