Does anyone know about code adam?

Question

The john and adam walsh deal

Answer 1

yeah. I have actually been in Walmart when they had a code Adam. They locked all of the doors and noone could leave. 45 minutes later, they found the kid and let us all out. I love how people cut and paste info on here like they had it all in their head....lol!

Answer 2

Lots of stores have this system in place - when a child is reported missing by a parent within the store, the doors are immediately locked. An announcement is made throughout the store, and employees then systematically check their departments, and all bathrooms are checked. Anyone leaving the store must be checked, especially if you have a child with you. This has resulted in several attempted abductions being stopped, and the child being safely recovered.

Answer 3

Code Adam:

"When a parent or guardian becomes separated from a child, the parent locates and notifies the nearest employee and gives him or her a description of the child, including sex, race, age, eye color, hair color, height, weight, the clothes the child is wearing (including shoes, if possible), and any distinguishing characteristics. The employee goes to the nearest in-store telephone and immediately makes a "Code Adam" announcement over the paging system, along with the description given by the guardian.

After the announcement is made, designated employees will closely monitor or lock all store entrances and exits, and customers depending on the store or situation may evacuate. For example, at Wal-Mart stores, the "People Greeter" will monitor the front entrances, the employees of the Garden Center and the Tire & Lube Express will monitor their appropriate exits, and the store and department managers will guard any emergency exits. All other employees will immediately put their normal work on hold, excusing themselves from their customers if need be, and quickly search their surroundings for a child matching the description announced. Cashiers, unable to leave their tills, will check for children at their registers who match the missing child's description. The bathrooms, toys department, and parking lots are areas to be searched especially diligently.

If the child is found, he or she is immediately taken to Customer Service, or another designated area, to be reunited with his or her guardian. The Code Adam alert is cancelled via another announcement, such as "Attention all employees, cancel Code Adam. Again, Code Adam is cancelled. Thank you for your assistance."


Adam Walsh:

"Adam Walsh (November 14, 1974–c. July 27, 1981), the son of America's Most Wanted host John Walsh, was abducted from a Sears department store at the Hollywood Mall in Hollywood, Florida, on July 27, 1981.

His mother, Revé, let him play video games while she shopped. When she returned to the video game section, she was frightened to find that Adam wasn't there. She then told a Sears associate who announced over the intercom for Adam to meet his mother at one of the desks. "He isn't going to know where that is," she thought. Sadly, Adam and his mother were never reunited. Adam's severed head was found in a Vero Beach, Florida, canal on August 10, 1981; the rest of his remains were never recovered.

No one has been proven to have committed the murder, although one man, Ottis Toole, repeatedly confessed and then retracted accounts of his involvement. Toole, allegedly a confederate of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas, was never charged in the Walsh case. In September 1996, he died in prison of cirrhosis of the liver while serving a life sentence for other crimes.

The kidnapping and murder prompted Adam's father, John Walsh, to become an advocate for victims' rights and helped to spur the formation of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). As a result of his advocacy, he was approached to host the television program America's Most Wanted.

The Code Adam program for helping lost children in department stores is named in Walsh's memory.

Congress passed the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act on July 25, 2006, and President Bush signed it into law on July 27, 2006. The bill signing ceremony took place on the South Lawn of the White House, where leaders from both sides of the political spectrum joined John and Reve Walsh. The bill institutes a national database of convicted child molesters, increases penalties for sexual and violent offenses against children, and creates a RICO cause of action for child predators and those who conspire with them."

Personal Note: Though it did originate from Wal-Mart, most major stores now use Code Adam or at least some variation of it.

Answer 4

i think if you are in WALMART and a kid strays from his parent and the parent tells store staff he is missing they announce a code Adam to alert their staff