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TRENTON — You might ignore the latest Facebook quiz about which celebrity you most resemble, but almost no one fails to share a missing child alert.
With that in mind, state lawmakers are moving to harness both the growing reach of social media and the human urge to help police in tracking down missing kids.
A bill (A2585) requiring the attorney general, along with the State Police, to develop a plan for alert information to be disseminated via NJSP's social media accounts advanced in the state Senate on Thursday after clearing the Assembly in June.
Sponsored by Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo (D-Mercer), the bill would use the human instinct to share such alerts to reach a far larger audience at no additional cost and help reunite families as soon as possible.
As of today, Amber Alerts, which cover abducted or missing children, are delivered via broadcast media and phones.
While roughly three out of four of people 50 and over often get their news on TV, far smaller shares of younger adults do so, according to a June Pew Research study. Just 45 percent of those 30-49 and 27 percent of those 18-29 watch TV news.
By comparison, Pew found that half of those 50 and younger seek their news via online platforms.
Claude Brodesser-Akner may be reached at cbrodesser@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @ClaudeBrodesser. Find NJ.com Politics on Facebook.
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