Sharon Police to Take Part in 'Mock Child' Abduction Exercise

The Sharon Police Department will be working with Metro LEC on a "mock child" abduction drill in Norwood, Wednesday, July 24, at 7 a.m..

Officers from the cities, towns and sheriff’s departments that are a part of the Metro LEC organization will mobilize and respond to Norwood to investigate a report of a missing child.  Upon successful completion of the drill, Metro LEC will become one of only 19 nationally certified Child Abduction Response Teams (CART) in the country and only the second northeastern state team to receive this honor (Pennsylvania was the first).    

The proactive drill is intended to simulate a terrifying and emotionally draining scenario for anyone involved  and make our response as real life as possible.

It will offer them the welcome opportunity to work with our state and federal law enforcement partners-as they assist in a force multiplier role -collaborating in amber alert notification, crime scene services and technological expertise. 

It will ensure that every law enforcement official responding to this “call out” understands their function in the process, prior to a real life event occurring. By realizing this vision, they will be able to eliminate precious time loss and allocate the necessary personnel and resources to the immediate goal at hand-locating the missing child.