News Releases

Mobile Police Remind Public of Secret Safe Place Program After Newborn Found at Residence

Sep 17th, 2014

On September 16, 2014, at approximately 8:15 a.m., Mobile Police and Mobile Fire Rescue responded to a residence in the 2000 block of Japonica Lane in reference to a newborn child being left on the front porch. The female child was conscious and transported to a local hospital for evaluation. She is currently listed in good condition.

Mobile Police would like to remind the public of the Secret Safe Place for Newborns program, which is active in our community. Created in Mobile County in 1998, this program gives mothers the choice to leave newborns with medical staff - no questions asked and free of the threat of abandonment charges - within 72 hours of giving birth.

For more information about the Secret Safe Place for Newborns Program, please visit, www.SaveAbandonedBabies.org.

Anyone with information about the identification and/or the whereabouts of the child's mother is asked to call CrimeStoppers at (251) 208-7000, Mobile Police at (251) 208-7211 or text Mobile Police Intel at CRIMES (274637) and include the keyword CRIME 411.

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Ashley H. Rains
Public Information Office
(251) 208-1918