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Secret Safe Place for Newborns For District Attorneys How Law Enforcement Agencies Can Help Because of their constant contacts with citizens, law enforcement officers can help make people aware of A Secret Safe Place For Newborns Program. Information on the program was provided to the management of all law enforcement agencies in Mobile County. Literature on the program can be made available through police stations. Most important, individual officers can make sure those who could benefit from the program are aware of it by explaining it to the people they meet on a daily basis. A Secret Safe Place For Newborns information should be included in outreach presentations by law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement officers could also provide transportation to A Secret Safe Place For Newborns locations for mothers and their newborns. It is important for law enforcement officers to understand the conditions of the promise of anonymity and the limited protection from prosecution for abandonment offered to mothers. An effective way to communicate the program to law enforcement officers is to make brief presentations at their shift changes. In areas where hospitals do not provide enough accessibility, law enforcement offices can be designated A Secret Safe Place For Newborns locations. Fire stations could also be designated A Secret Safe Place For Newborns locations. When police stations and fire stations are used, it is imperative that uniformed police officers or uniformed firemen trained in the procedure for dealing with the mother and initiating care for the infant receive the infants. <-- Previous | Next -->