Editing Code Adam (section)

{{Short description|Missing-child safety program}}
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'''Code Adam''' is a missing-child safety program in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]], originally created by [[Walmart]] retail stores in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|title=Code Adam|url=http://codeadam.missingkids.org/|website=National Center for Missing & Exploited Children|accessdate=13 July 2019}}</ref> This type of alert is generally regarded as having been named in memory of [[Murder of Adam Walsh|Adam Walsh]], the 6-year-old son of [[John Walsh (television host)|John Walsh]] (the host of [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s ''[[America's Most Wanted]]'').

Adam was abducted from a [[Sears, Roebuck and Company|Sears]] department store in [[Hollywood, Florida|Hollywood]], [[Florida]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite news|title=When this boy was abducted from a mall, the crime became an all-time mystery|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article87486547.html|accessdate=29 June 2017|publisher=Miami Herald|date=3 July 2016}}{{subscription required}}</ref> A search was undertaken by Adam's mother, grandmother, and store employees, and public address calls were made for him every 10 to 15 minutes. After approximately 90 minutes of fruitless searching, local law enforcement was called. Sixteen days later, Adam's severed head was found; his body was never recovered.

Today, many [[department store]]s, retail shops, [[shopping mall]]s, [[supermarket]]s, [[amusement park]]s, [[hospital]]s, and [[museum]]s participate in the Code Adam program. Legislation enacted by [[United States Congress|Congress]] in 2003 now mandates that all federal office buildings and [[post exchange|base or post exchanges]] (BX or PX) on military bases adopt the program.<ref>{{cite web|title=Code Adam Alert Program|url=https://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/101362|website=GSA|publisher=U.S. General Services Administration|accessdate=29 June 2017|archive-date=17 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717114115/https://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/101362|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Walmart]], along with the [[National Center for Missing & Exploited Children]] (NCMEC) and the departments of several state [[Attorney General|Attorneys General]], have offered to assist in training workshops in order for other companies to implement the program.