Tag: silver alert

  • One year of Silver Alerts

    One year of Silver Alerts

    The BC Silver Alert is one year old this month. A Year of Silver Alerts Last year when we went “live” we had our first Silver Alert (a missing person, publicized by an official agency, who met the criteria) in just the first few hours of operation. Thankfully, that alert like so many of the others this…

  • Silver Alert Concept

    Silver Alert Concept

    Most of us are familiar with an Amber Alert. You’re driving and you hear this sound on the radio, followed by a description of the child who is missing, the person suspected to have taken them, and usually a licence plate. You didn’t know about the licence plate? Take a look at the Amber Alert criteria,…

  • CANCELLED: Missing Vancouver Senior Douglas McDonald

    ALERT CANCELLED: Subject reported found on CTV news this afternoon.   https://twitter.com/LOCATEDinCANADA/status/520727560817106945 Vancouver Police are asking for the public’s help to find an elderly man who has been missing since 9:30 Thursday October 9th, 2014. Seventy-seven year-old Douglas McDonald was last seen at his care home in the area of West 30th Avenue and Arbutus Street…

  • CANCELLED: Missing Person; Andreas Hansen (85 years old)

    Alert Cancelled: Subject was found at around 19:00 on Sept 16 2014   Sunshine Coast File # 2014-6612 2014-09-16 08:49 PDT Photograph of 85 year old Andreas Hansen, missing from his home in SecheltSechelt – The Sunshine Coast RCMP are looking for information on the whereabouts of 85 year old Andreas Hansen, who was reported missing from…