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The Burbank Police Department and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children hosted an event at the Burbank Boys& Girls Club through Take 25 to commemorate National Missing Children’s Day. Every year, there are nearly 800,000 children reported missing to law enforcement. While the vast majority of these children are recovered quickly, there are many who never return home.
To ensure these children continue to be in the hearts and minds of the public, in 1983, former President Ronald Reagan declared May 25th as National Missing Children’s Day. May 25th serves as an annual reminder to the nation to renew efforts to reunite missing children with their families, remember those who are still missing, and make children protection a national priority.
Sgt. Darin Ryburn, along with School Resource Officers Jamal Childs, Emil Brimway, and Marsha Laufer of the Burbank Police Department were on hand and talked to the kids and answered questions about pedestrian safety, dealing with strangers and predators on social networks, as well as creating Child ID Kits. These ID Kits will contain fingerprints and a photo of each child. The Kits will be provided to their parents and guardians.
The goal of the Burbank Police Department is to reinforce to children what parents are teaching them at home. Information has been placed at the local elementary and middle schools encouraging students to attend.
