- KSL investigated a Salt Lake City Amber Alert involving a non-abduction case.
- Police lacked access to updated court records which caused misinformation to be dispersed.
- Salt Lake City Police are exploring expanded training and database access for officers.
SALT LAKE CITY — When an Amber Alert is sent, police are recruiting the public to be their eyes and ears.
It often goes according to plan, with someone spotting the child and speaking up. But in a recent case in Salt Lake City, there was an alert but no actual abduction.
It happened in March when a mother didn’t drop off her 2-year-old son with other family members as was planned. They got concerned for the boy’s safety, a police report states, and told Salt Lake City officers the mother didn’t have custody of the child…