The Bethany Police Department obtained and is pleased to be working with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to implement LOCATER. United States Congressional funds allow NCMEC to provide the LOCATER system free-of-charge to law enforcement agencies that investigate missing child cases. NCMEC has found that when pictures of missing children or abductors are made available to the public, one in six children are recovered as a direct result. The LOCATER system allows the police departments to quickly e-mail or broadcast fax informative posters to other police departments nationwide.