So what happened to Code Madeleine

by Gillyspot 19.12.11 20:52

From Sky news 4th August 2007

Madeleine Action Plan To Keep Kids Safe

"The parents of missing Madeleine McCann have backed a new initiative to help keep children safe on holiday.

The six-point plan - called Code Madeleine - outlines what parents should do if their child goes missing.

The code is similar to the Code Adam scheme in the US - named after abducted six-year-old Adam Walsh.

Code Madeleine was developed by the Federation of Tour Operators, the Association of British Travel Agents, and the News of the World.

Its objective is to trigger a system of securing premises and systematically searching for a missing child in the critical hours immediately after they are reported missing.

The scheme was launched as Madeleine's parents Gerry and Kate McCann awaited news of a police search of chief suspect Robert Murat's home in Portugal.

"Kate and I fully endorse the Code Madeleine scheme," said Mr McCann.

"We would like to thank everyone in the British travel industry and the News of the World for taking the initiative to set up this scheme.

"Kate and I hope that this new code will help protect British families when they are on holiday."

Holiday firms are being asked to sign up to the code and train staff on what to do if a child goes missing."

http://news.sky.com/home/madeleine/article/1278610

So Kate & Gerry what happened to this or was it just another "positive" story for you?

by jd 19.12.11 21:15

Rule number 1....Don't leave your kids alone
Rule number 2.....Don't leave the apartment door unlocked
Rule number 3....Don't be somewhere you can't see your unlocked apartment clearly
Rule number 4....If the resort has nannies, use them! If you must go and get sloshed every night
Rule number 5....Don't blame everybody else except for yourselves when your neglect causes your child to disappear

A much better 5 point plan and you only need yourselves and your responsibility.....code good parenting

by Gillyspot 19.12.11 22:09

thanks JD you have answered my question. roses

Odd that Kate & Gerry haven't wheeled out the Social Services person who said they were "well within the bounds of responsible parenting" isn't it - well as it was someone from IFLG probably not a surprise.

by Miraflores 19.12.11 22:38

The six points include:

: Hotel management or holiday company staff to immediately obtain a
photograph and detailed description of the missing child, and to assist
parents in liaising with the police. We recommend that parents be asked to bring with them an up-to-date photograph of their child.

Oops - the McCanns circulated an old photograph of their child and only got round to producing an up to date one a few weeks later.

by jd 19.12.11 23:21

Gillyspot wrote:thanks JD you have answered my question.

Odd that Kate & Gerry haven't wheeled out the Social Services person who said they were "well within the bounds of responsible parenting" isn't it - well as it was someone from IFLG probably not a surprise.

Thank you Gillyspot. I must admit I am getting rather peeved off with people defending the mccanns for leaving their kids alone in an unlocked apartment while they were out getting drunk & in a restaurant they could not see the apartment as it was surrounded by a plastic covering to keep out the cold. It wasn't the first night they left them alone in there, it seems to have been every night! And when dear kate first discovered Maddie had gone and her first thought was 'abduction'....what did this mother do? she went and left the twins in there all alone with an abductor on the loose!!!

Then had the audacity of phoning everyone they could think off putting down the Portuguese police for not doing enough while she stayed silent!!

by jd 19.12.11 23:31

Miraflores wrote:The six points include:

: Hotel management or holiday company staff to immediately obtain a
photograph and detailed description of the missing child, and to assist
parents in liaising with the police. We recommend that parents be asked to bring with them an up-to-date photograph of their child.

Oops - the McCanns circulated an old photograph of their child and only got round to producing an up to date one a few weeks later.

That poolside picture which was only produced after gerry went and came back from the uk, the one that was supposedly on their camera but does not seem to be on the list of photos retrieved from their camera in the PJ reports. The one which would be ideal to have circulated as it shows the whole Maddie and gives people a very good idea of what she looked like, not just in face but in body too, not a face from a year ago!

Do they also recommend parents bringing with them special photographic paper that cannot be bought in the town you are staying like the mccanns managed to do within an hour of discovering their daughter missing

by Guest 20.12.11 21:50

jd wrote:Rule number 1....Don't leave your kids alone
Rule number 2.....Don't leave the apartment door unlocked
Rule number 3....Don't be somewhere you can't see your unlocked apartment clearly
Rule number 4....If the resort has nannies, use them! If you must go and get sloshed every night
Rule number 5....Don't blame everybody else except for yourselves when your neglect causes your child to disappear

A much better 5 point plan and you only need yourselves and your responsibility.....code good parenting

Rule number 6...In the unfortunate case that you have managed to break the above 5 rules then at least have the decency to put down the mobile phones and get up search for your own daughter.