Raiders quarterback Derek Carr indirectly helped the Oakland Police Department locate a missing child on Sunday, thanks to the power of social media.
Derek Carr thanked by Oakland PD for sharing info about missing child who was found
If you’re looking for a missing child in Oakland, get Derek Carr to retweet the Amber Alert.
Jeanna Kelley has been covering the Falcons for The Falcoholic since 2011 and the NFL for SB Nation since 2015.
The Oakland Police Department shared some details on Friday about an abducted child. The 3-year-old child had been taken by a family friend.
Carr retweeted the information to his 246,000 followers on Twitter. On Saturday, Lieutenant Chris Bolton of the Oakland Police Department tweeted Carr to alert him to the fact that the child had been located and was safe.
And Carr was happy to hear it, of course.
Carr was having an MVP-caliber season before being sidelined with a broken fibula in Week 16 against the Indianapolis Colts. He was named to the Pro Bowl in 2016 for the second time in his two NFL seasons, and he was instrumental in helping the Raiders secure the second seed in the AFC.
In this case, Carr was apparently also instrumental in helping bring an abducted child safely home.
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