AMBER Alert System: news and information
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AMBER Alert System: news and information I will revive our "AMBER Alert" information thread.
In this thread, please post information regarding updates, news, and information about the AMBER alert System.
This is not a good place for the AMBER alerts themselves, only news about the system and how states are implemeting and updating it.
http://www.amberalert.gov/ is the official government site about the system, not amberalert.com, which is the website for a for-profit company.
In this thread, please post information regarding updates, news, and information about the AMBER alert System.
This is not a good place for the AMBER alerts themselves, only news about the system and how states are implemeting and updating it.
http://www.amberalert.gov/ is the official government site about the system, not amberalert.com, which is the website for a for-profit company.
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http://www.kcci.com/news/9276738/detail.html
May 25, 2006
A stamp from the U.S. Postal Service honoring the Amber Alert system is available nationwide. Thursday was also National Missing Children's Day.
Iowa tested its Amber Alert system on Thursday in hopes of getting Amber Alerts out faster and to more people. The Iowa Department of Public Safety has enhanced its warning system, especially on the Internet, by trying to alert as many people about missing kids as quickly as possible.
"The sooner that information can get on there, the more people it can reach, the more the public can help, the sooner that child can be returned home," said Jeanie Dowd, of the Iowa Missing Persons Clearinghouse.
The Iowa Missing Persons Clearinghouse has recently enhanced its Web site. It's now tied into a national law enforcement computer system. It enables authorities to use the Internet to instantly send out missing child pictures and information.
Wireless Amber Alerts allow people to receive an alert on a cell phone. Simply enter the cell phone number, and if there's an alert, a text message will be sent. You can register your cell phone or wireless device through the state's Missing Persons Clearinghouse Web site.
The last Amber Alert in or near central Iowa happened in October in Ottumwa. A former school worker allegedly took Gloria Bonilla Lopez, 9, from a bus stop. Law enforcement later found the girl in the woods, unharmed.
http://www.kcci.com/news/9276738/detail.html
May 25, 2006
A stamp from the U.S. Postal Service honoring the Amber Alert system is available nationwide. Thursday was also National Missing Children's Day.
Iowa tested its Amber Alert system on Thursday in hopes of getting Amber Alerts out faster and to more people. The Iowa Department of Public Safety has enhanced its warning system, especially on the Internet, by trying to alert as many people about missing kids as quickly as possible.
"The sooner that information can get on there, the more people it can reach, the more the public can help, the sooner that child can be returned home," said Jeanie Dowd, of the Iowa Missing Persons Clearinghouse.
The Iowa Missing Persons Clearinghouse has recently enhanced its Web site. It's now tied into a national law enforcement computer system. It enables authorities to use the Internet to instantly send out missing child pictures and information.
Wireless Amber Alerts allow people to receive an alert on a cell phone. Simply enter the cell phone number, and if there's an alert, a text message will be sent. You can register your cell phone or wireless device through the state's Missing Persons Clearinghouse Web site.
The last Amber Alert in or near central Iowa happened in October in Ottumwa. A former school worker allegedly took Gloria Bonilla Lopez, 9, from a bus stop. Law enforcement later found the girl in the woods, unharmed.
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Amber Alert system expanded in Ontario [/hr]Amber Alert system expanded
Last updated May 26 2006 01:35 PM EDT
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http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/story/to-amber20060526.html
Amber Alerts in Ontario will soon be sent to e-mail addresses and as text messages on cellphones, thanks to the efforts of the Ontario government, Ontario Provincial Police and Bell Canada.
Up to now, the emergency alerts for missing children could only be delivered on television, radio, electronic highway signs and video displays at lottery kiosks.
* INDEPTH: Amber alert
Anyone who wants to receive Amber Alerts by e-mail or cellphone text message can register at www.bell.ca/amberalert; External link.
Amber Alerts contain information about abducted children who might be in immediate danger, and about their abductors and suspect vehicles.
The system is named after a girl, Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped and murdered in Texas. It is observed by police forces throughout North America, and is to be judiciously used in high alert cases involving children.
The umbrella agency that oversees the alerts has created the acronym for "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response."
Last updated May 26 2006 01:35 PM EDT
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/story/to-amber20060526.html
Amber Alerts in Ontario will soon be sent to e-mail addresses and as text messages on cellphones, thanks to the efforts of the Ontario government, Ontario Provincial Police and Bell Canada.
Up to now, the emergency alerts for missing children could only be delivered on television, radio, electronic highway signs and video displays at lottery kiosks.
* INDEPTH: Amber alert
Anyone who wants to receive Amber Alerts by e-mail or cellphone text message can register at www.bell.ca/amberalert; External link.
Amber Alerts contain information about abducted children who might be in immediate danger, and about their abductors and suspect vehicles.
The system is named after a girl, Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped and murdered in Texas. It is observed by police forces throughout North America, and is to be judiciously used in high alert cases involving children.
The umbrella agency that oversees the alerts has created the acronym for "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response."
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Posted on Thu, Jun. 15, 2006
Abduction, death highlight Amber Alert challenges
Rules for issuing alerts delayed getting news about boys to the public.
By Deanna Martin
of The Associated Press
BLACKHAWK — A father who authorities say abducted his two young sons at knifepoint spent several hours playing and fishing at a lake while the public had little chance of knowing about the police search that was under way.
By the time police issued an Amber Alert for the boys at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, seven hours had elapsed.
It was nearly four hours later that police officers found Katron Walker’s van near a private lake about 10 miles south of Terre Haute. As they scoured the area with search dogs, Walker ran from an abandoned trailer and jumped into the water, dragging his naked children with him, authorities said.
Officers rescued 2-year-old Monte Walker; divers later found the body of his 4-year-old brother, Collin, in 12 feet of water.
The case illustrates the challenges of the nation’s Amber Alert system for missing children.
Bill Bergherm, assistant chief of detectives for the Terre Haute police, said there was not “a lot of delay†in issuing the alert.
Investigators first had to determine whether they had enough information to issue it, he said.
Each of the 116 Amber Alert systems throughout the country has its own rules for issuing notices, said Robert Hoever, director of special operations at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
“There are so many missing child cases that if you put an Amber Alert out on every one, in essence you’d be desensitizing the public,†he said.
Indiana, which launched its Amber Alert system in 2002, does not typically allow alerts in child custody cases – a provision that slowed notification in the Walker case, police said.
“They were still his children,†said Andre Clark, program director of Indiana Missing Children Clearinghouse, operated by the Indiana State Police.
While police said Walker’s wife had told him on Sunday she wanted a divorce, they remain married and, under Indiana law, had equal rights to the children when he took them from his father-in-law’s home.
Passing time is the enemy in abduction cases, said Hoever, whose organization helped Indiana police search for the boys.
Hoever declined to comment on the specifics of the Walker case.
“When a child’s been abducted and they’re facing grave danger ... it’s critically important you get that information out the public as soon as possible,†he said. “When a child’s been abducted, it’s literally like trying to find a needle in the haystack. The more eyes and ears you have out there, the smaller that haystack becomes.â€
Vigo County Coroner Roland Kohr said a preliminary autopsy showed that Collin Walker died from a stab wound to chest. Collin’s brother, Monte, and their father were rescued from the pond and hospitalized. Monte had neck and puncture wounds in his chest and was in stable condition at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. Katron Walker, 32, had stab wounds in his chest that police say were self-inflicted. He also had marijuana and methamphetamine in his system, police said.
Both were expected to survive.
Walker faces charges of murder and attempted murder.
A woman who lives near the lake told police she had seen the three earlier in the day fishing and eating hot dogs but did not realize an Amber Alert had been issued until she saw the report on her father’s TV.
The family called police after noticing a van that matched the description in the Amber Alert.
Investigators found blood and a steak knife inside the trailer.
Vigo County court records show Walker was convicted of methamphetamine possession in 2003 and sentenced to probation. His wife, Teresa Walker, sought a protective order against him Tuesday morning after she received a threatening call from him, police said.
Posted on Thu, Jun. 15, 2006
Abduction, death highlight Amber Alert challenges
Rules for issuing alerts delayed getting news about boys to the public.
By Deanna Martin
of The Associated Press
BLACKHAWK — A father who authorities say abducted his two young sons at knifepoint spent several hours playing and fishing at a lake while the public had little chance of knowing about the police search that was under way.
By the time police issued an Amber Alert for the boys at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, seven hours had elapsed.
It was nearly four hours later that police officers found Katron Walker’s van near a private lake about 10 miles south of Terre Haute. As they scoured the area with search dogs, Walker ran from an abandoned trailer and jumped into the water, dragging his naked children with him, authorities said.
Officers rescued 2-year-old Monte Walker; divers later found the body of his 4-year-old brother, Collin, in 12 feet of water.
The case illustrates the challenges of the nation’s Amber Alert system for missing children.
Bill Bergherm, assistant chief of detectives for the Terre Haute police, said there was not “a lot of delay†in issuing the alert.
Investigators first had to determine whether they had enough information to issue it, he said.
Each of the 116 Amber Alert systems throughout the country has its own rules for issuing notices, said Robert Hoever, director of special operations at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
“There are so many missing child cases that if you put an Amber Alert out on every one, in essence you’d be desensitizing the public,†he said.
Indiana, which launched its Amber Alert system in 2002, does not typically allow alerts in child custody cases – a provision that slowed notification in the Walker case, police said.
“They were still his children,†said Andre Clark, program director of Indiana Missing Children Clearinghouse, operated by the Indiana State Police.
While police said Walker’s wife had told him on Sunday she wanted a divorce, they remain married and, under Indiana law, had equal rights to the children when he took them from his father-in-law’s home.
Passing time is the enemy in abduction cases, said Hoever, whose organization helped Indiana police search for the boys.
Hoever declined to comment on the specifics of the Walker case.
“When a child’s been abducted and they’re facing grave danger ... it’s critically important you get that information out the public as soon as possible,†he said. “When a child’s been abducted, it’s literally like trying to find a needle in the haystack. The more eyes and ears you have out there, the smaller that haystack becomes.â€
Vigo County Coroner Roland Kohr said a preliminary autopsy showed that Collin Walker died from a stab wound to chest. Collin’s brother, Monte, and their father were rescued from the pond and hospitalized. Monte had neck and puncture wounds in his chest and was in stable condition at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. Katron Walker, 32, had stab wounds in his chest that police say were self-inflicted. He also had marijuana and methamphetamine in his system, police said.
Both were expected to survive.
Walker faces charges of murder and attempted murder.
A woman who lives near the lake told police she had seen the three earlier in the day fishing and eating hot dogs but did not realize an Amber Alert had been issued until she saw the report on her father’s TV.
The family called police after noticing a van that matched the description in the Amber Alert.
Investigators found blood and a steak knife inside the trailer.
Vigo County court records show Walker was convicted of methamphetamine possession in 2003 and sentenced to probation. His wife, Teresa Walker, sought a protective order against him Tuesday morning after she received a threatening call from him, police said.
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Attorney General Bruning Applauds AMBER Alert Kiosks
Jan 15, 2007 News Release
Attorney General Jon Bruning and members of the Nebraska AMBER Alert Committee announced that the first traveler information kiosk with AMBER Alert updates has been installed on the Interstate 80 corridor. The kiosk provides real-time information on national and state alerts called by the Nebraska State Patrol, including child abductions.
"A missing child is a parent's worst fear," Bruning said. "These kiosks are another way to help bring our missing kids home."
The announcement was made in conjunction with National Amber Alert Awareness Day on Jan. 13. The kiosk is funded by a 2004 U.S. Department of Justice grant and is located at the Interstate-80 Westbound rest stop near Gretna.
"Roadway communications are an important line of defense when a child's life is in danger," Jim McGee, Highway Programs Administrator for the Nebraska Department of Roads, said. "We're proud to support AMBER Alert with our technology."
Bruning also invited Nebraska fifth-graders to participate in a poster contest to raise awareness about the AMBER Alert. The theme for this year's poster competition is: Bring Our Missing Children Home. The winning artwork will be submitted for a national contest hosted by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Nebraska currently distributes child abduction alerts via several media sources, including 45 overhead electronic message boards along Interstate 80, the 511 advance traveler information phone system and the NETV Emergency Broadcast System. At this time, more than 120 radio and television stations and 180 local law enforcement agencies participate in the Nebraska AMBER Plan. Over 1,100 Nebraska Lottery vendors statewide are able to notify customers during an AMBER Alert. Over 75 Nebraska businesses receive Amber Alert notification over e-mail, and private individuals can subscribe to AMBER Alert notifications via e-mail or text messages on the Nebraska State Patrol's Web site.
"Broadcasters are normally first responders in getting the word out to the public regarding abducted children," Chairman-elect of the Nebraska Broadcasters Association Mark Halverson said. "We are proud to be able to participate in this unique public-private partnership."
Nebraska's AMBER Alert program is a cooperative effort of the Attorney General's Office, Nebraska AMBER Plan Committee, Department of Roads, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission, Nebraska State Patrol, Nebraska Department of Economic Development's Division of Tourism, and the Nebraska Lottery. Since 2002, six statewide AMBER Alerts have been issued and in each case, the missing children were returned home safely.
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Jan 15, 2007 News Release
Attorney General Jon Bruning and members of the Nebraska AMBER Alert Committee announced that the first traveler information kiosk with AMBER Alert updates has been installed on the Interstate 80 corridor. The kiosk provides real-time information on national and state alerts called by the Nebraska State Patrol, including child abductions.
"A missing child is a parent's worst fear," Bruning said. "These kiosks are another way to help bring our missing kids home."
The announcement was made in conjunction with National Amber Alert Awareness Day on Jan. 13. The kiosk is funded by a 2004 U.S. Department of Justice grant and is located at the Interstate-80 Westbound rest stop near Gretna.
"Roadway communications are an important line of defense when a child's life is in danger," Jim McGee, Highway Programs Administrator for the Nebraska Department of Roads, said. "We're proud to support AMBER Alert with our technology."
Bruning also invited Nebraska fifth-graders to participate in a poster contest to raise awareness about the AMBER Alert. The theme for this year's poster competition is: Bring Our Missing Children Home. The winning artwork will be submitted for a national contest hosted by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Nebraska currently distributes child abduction alerts via several media sources, including 45 overhead electronic message boards along Interstate 80, the 511 advance traveler information phone system and the NETV Emergency Broadcast System. At this time, more than 120 radio and television stations and 180 local law enforcement agencies participate in the Nebraska AMBER Plan. Over 1,100 Nebraska Lottery vendors statewide are able to notify customers during an AMBER Alert. Over 75 Nebraska businesses receive Amber Alert notification over e-mail, and private individuals can subscribe to AMBER Alert notifications via e-mail or text messages on the Nebraska State Patrol's Web site.
"Broadcasters are normally first responders in getting the word out to the public regarding abducted children," Chairman-elect of the Nebraska Broadcasters Association Mark Halverson said. "We are proud to be able to participate in this unique public-private partnership."
Nebraska's AMBER Alert program is a cooperative effort of the Attorney General's Office, Nebraska AMBER Plan Committee, Department of Roads, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission, Nebraska State Patrol, Nebraska Department of Economic Development's Division of Tourism, and the Nebraska Lottery. Since 2002, six statewide AMBER Alerts have been issued and in each case, the missing children were returned home safely.
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First AMBER Alert kiosk installed
Monday, January 15, 2007 9:35 AM CST
Attorney General Jon Bruning and members of the Nebraska AMBER Alert Committee announced today that the first traveler information kiosk with AMBER Alert updates has been installed on the Interstate 80 corridor.
The kiosk provides real-time information on national and state alerts called by the Nebraska State Patrol, including child abductions.
The announcement was made in conjunction with National Amber Alert Awareness Day on Jan. 13. The kiosk is funded by a 2004 U.S. Department of Justice grant and is located at the Interstate-80 Westbound rest stop near Gretna.
Bruning also invited Nebraska fifth-graders to participate in a poster contest to raise awareness about the AMBER Alert. The theme for this year's poster competition is: Bring Our Missing Children Home. The winning artwork will be submitted for a national contest hosted by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Nebraska currently distributes child abduction alerts via several media sources, including 45 overhead electronic message boards along I-80, the 511 advance traveler information phone system and the NETV Emergency Broadcast System. At this time, more than 120 radio and television stations and 180 local law enforcement agencies participate in the Nebraska AMBER Plan.
More than 1,100 Nebraska Lottery vendors statewide are able to notify customers during an AMBER Alert. More than 75 Nebraska businesses receive Amber Alert notification over e-mail, and private individuals can subscribe to AMBER Alert notifications via e-mail or text messages on the Nebraska State Patrol's Web site, NEBRASKA STATE PATROL.
Beatrice Daily Sun
Monday, January 15, 2007 9:35 AM CST
Attorney General Jon Bruning and members of the Nebraska AMBER Alert Committee announced today that the first traveler information kiosk with AMBER Alert updates has been installed on the Interstate 80 corridor.
The kiosk provides real-time information on national and state alerts called by the Nebraska State Patrol, including child abductions.
The announcement was made in conjunction with National Amber Alert Awareness Day on Jan. 13. The kiosk is funded by a 2004 U.S. Department of Justice grant and is located at the Interstate-80 Westbound rest stop near Gretna.
Bruning also invited Nebraska fifth-graders to participate in a poster contest to raise awareness about the AMBER Alert. The theme for this year's poster competition is: Bring Our Missing Children Home. The winning artwork will be submitted for a national contest hosted by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Nebraska currently distributes child abduction alerts via several media sources, including 45 overhead electronic message boards along I-80, the 511 advance traveler information phone system and the NETV Emergency Broadcast System. At this time, more than 120 radio and television stations and 180 local law enforcement agencies participate in the Nebraska AMBER Plan.
More than 1,100 Nebraska Lottery vendors statewide are able to notify customers during an AMBER Alert. More than 75 Nebraska businesses receive Amber Alert notification over e-mail, and private individuals can subscribe to AMBER Alert notifications via e-mail or text messages on the Nebraska State Patrol's Web site, NEBRASKA STATE PATROL.
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South Dakota, Other States Mark 11th Anniversary of Amber Alert System
Jan 15, 2007 News Release
South Dakota Attorney General Larry Long said last week that January 13, 2007 is National Amber Alert Day in South Dakota. Governor Mike Rounds has signed a proclamation which coincides with similar declarations made across the country and recognizes the 11-year anniversary of the Amber Alert program.
The Amber Alert System began in 1996 after nine-year-old Amber Hagerman was abducted from her home in Texas and then murdered. In March of 2003, the system was implemented in South Dakota. The Amber Alert System relies on law enforcement, media and citizens working together to accomplish the recovery of children who have been abducted.
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 308 children nationwide have been safely recovered because of the Amber Alert System.
South Dakota participating agencies include the following: Governors Office, Office of Attorney General, Bureau of Information Technology, Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, State Radio, South Dakota Lottery, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, South Dakota Truckers Association, National Weather Service and the South Dakota Broadcasters Association and their members.
South Dakota, Other States Mark 11th Anniversary of Amber Alert System - Government Technology
Jan 15, 2007 News Release
South Dakota Attorney General Larry Long said last week that January 13, 2007 is National Amber Alert Day in South Dakota. Governor Mike Rounds has signed a proclamation which coincides with similar declarations made across the country and recognizes the 11-year anniversary of the Amber Alert program.
The Amber Alert System began in 1996 after nine-year-old Amber Hagerman was abducted from her home in Texas and then murdered. In March of 2003, the system was implemented in South Dakota. The Amber Alert System relies on law enforcement, media and citizens working together to accomplish the recovery of children who have been abducted.
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 308 children nationwide have been safely recovered because of the Amber Alert System.
South Dakota participating agencies include the following: Governors Office, Office of Attorney General, Bureau of Information Technology, Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, State Radio, South Dakota Lottery, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, South Dakota Truckers Association, National Weather Service and the South Dakota Broadcasters Association and their members.
South Dakota, Other States Mark 11th Anniversary of Amber Alert System - Government Technology
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National Amber Alert Awareness Day
Saturday January 13, 2007 4:57pm Posted By: Talisa Austin
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A special system to warn the public about a missing child is being honored Saturday. Saturday is National Amber Alert Awareness Day.
Arkansas' Morgan Nick Amber Alert System is one of the strongest weapons police use to fight child endangerment. When a child is abducted the law enforcement agencies contact local media to draw the public’s attention and awareness to the missing child.
Since the alert system was put in operation by the Arkansas state Police six years ago. Seventy children have been reported missing, endangered or abducted.
The Amber Alert System is named for a nine-year-old Texas girl who was abducted while riding a bicycle outside her home. In Arkansas the Morgan Nick Amber alert is named for Morgan Nick who disappeared from an Alma baseball field almost 12 years ago.
KATV Channel 7 - National Amber Alert Awareness Day
Saturday January 13, 2007 4:57pm Posted By: Talisa Austin
Little Rock -
A special system to warn the public about a missing child is being honored Saturday. Saturday is National Amber Alert Awareness Day.
Arkansas' Morgan Nick Amber Alert System is one of the strongest weapons police use to fight child endangerment. When a child is abducted the law enforcement agencies contact local media to draw the public’s attention and awareness to the missing child.
Since the alert system was put in operation by the Arkansas state Police six years ago. Seventy children have been reported missing, endangered or abducted.
The Amber Alert System is named for a nine-year-old Texas girl who was abducted while riding a bicycle outside her home. In Arkansas the Morgan Nick Amber alert is named for Morgan Nick who disappeared from an Alma baseball field almost 12 years ago.
KATV Channel 7 - National Amber Alert Awareness Day
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Amber Alert system is ten years-old today
CHICAGO
Today is AMBER Alert Awareness Day.
It was on this day eleven years ago when nine-year-old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas, was abducted and murdered.
The crime led to the creation of the AMBER Alert program in 1997, which spread to states and communities nationwide.
Illinois' system was launched in 2002. This year the state is joining several others in commemorating the day.
AMBER, which stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response, has contributed to the safe recovery of more than 230 children nationwide.
The Illinois AMBER Alert Task Force is holding a poster contest for grades kindergarten through 12th grade. The winning entry will participate in a national poster contest.
The artwork will reflect the theme "Bringing Our Missing Children Home.
Amber Alert system is ten years-old today
CHICAGO
Today is AMBER Alert Awareness Day.
It was on this day eleven years ago when nine-year-old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas, was abducted and murdered.
The crime led to the creation of the AMBER Alert program in 1997, which spread to states and communities nationwide.
Illinois' system was launched in 2002. This year the state is joining several others in commemorating the day.
AMBER, which stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response, has contributed to the safe recovery of more than 230 children nationwide.
The Illinois AMBER Alert Task Force is holding a poster contest for grades kindergarten through 12th grade. The winning entry will participate in a national poster contest.
The artwork will reflect the theme "Bringing Our Missing Children Home.
Amber Alert system is ten years-old today
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Police says Amber Alert success depends on you
Jan 14, 2007 01:49 PM CST
By Janelle MacDonald
(LOUISVILLE) -- Kentucky authorities are pointing out that it was a witness, an Amber alert and help from the public that led to a break in the case of the two missing Missouri boys that were found Friday. As WAVE 3's Janelle MacDonald reports, police say it's a good reminder that when a child disappears you might be the vital link leading to a happy reunion.
"We hope we never have another child abducted, but this can happen any day at any time," said Lt. Phil Crumpton of the Kentucky State Police.
Lt. Crumpton says when a child is missing every tip, every piece of information is crucial.
"We all know that time is our enemy in law enforcement when it comes to abductions. The quicker we can get these folks identified and located and back where they need to be, the odds of getting them back where they need to be safely increase," Lt. Crumpton said.
Saturday, Kentucky joined law enforcement across the country pushing the public to realize how important their participation is -- especially when an Amber alert is issued.
Lt. Crumpton says the public's help is tremendous. The numbers prove that point. Since 2003, when Kentucky's Amber alert system was activated, law enforcement has put out 14 Amber alerts in the Bluegrass for 17 kids. All have been returned home safely with reunions similar to the one in Missouri.
WAVE 3 TV Louisville, KY :: Police says Amber Alert success depends on you
Jan 14, 2007 01:49 PM CST
By Janelle MacDonald
(LOUISVILLE) -- Kentucky authorities are pointing out that it was a witness, an Amber alert and help from the public that led to a break in the case of the two missing Missouri boys that were found Friday. As WAVE 3's Janelle MacDonald reports, police say it's a good reminder that when a child disappears you might be the vital link leading to a happy reunion.
"We hope we never have another child abducted, but this can happen any day at any time," said Lt. Phil Crumpton of the Kentucky State Police.
Lt. Crumpton says when a child is missing every tip, every piece of information is crucial.
"We all know that time is our enemy in law enforcement when it comes to abductions. The quicker we can get these folks identified and located and back where they need to be, the odds of getting them back where they need to be safely increase," Lt. Crumpton said.
Saturday, Kentucky joined law enforcement across the country pushing the public to realize how important their participation is -- especially when an Amber alert is issued.
Lt. Crumpton says the public's help is tremendous. The numbers prove that point. Since 2003, when Kentucky's Amber alert system was activated, law enforcement has put out 14 Amber alerts in the Bluegrass for 17 kids. All have been returned home safely with reunions similar to the one in Missouri.
WAVE 3 TV Louisville, KY :: Police says Amber Alert success depends on you
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Sunday National Amber Alert Awareness Day
01/13/07
Omaha, NE - When a child goes missing and is in danger every second counts. Since 1996, the Amber Alert system has helped hundreds of families reunite with their missing loved ones. Nebraska issued two Amber Alerts last year. In both cases, the child was quickly found. Now one Omaha woman who continues to search for her missing son is doing her part to help others.
To Kelly Jolkowski, "Amber Alert Awareness Day "is more than a time to celebrate the success of the program ... "Today marks 6 years and 7 months since our son Jason vanished from the driveway of our home," she said.
Jason was 19. Too old under the qualifications to have an Amber Alert issued for him.
But just because the Amber Alert couldn't help find Jason, it has reunited hundreds of other families. That's why kelly has an Amber Alert ticker running across the home page of www.projectjason.org, a non-profit organization she created in honor of her son. "If there were to be an Amber Alert the background would turn yellow and it would give you the information on that child," Kelly said.
She says helping others helps her work through the pain of not knowing what happened to her son. "In doing our work in Jason's name and helping all these families so that they know they are not alone. That helps us with the healing. I know he would want us to do something like that."
Kelly says in March, Project Jason will launch a local awareness program to help find and reunite missing people here in Omaha.
To sign up for wireless Amber Alerts on your cell phone, log on to: www.wirelessamberalerts.org
Sunday National Amber Alert Awareness Day
01/13/07
Omaha, NE - When a child goes missing and is in danger every second counts. Since 1996, the Amber Alert system has helped hundreds of families reunite with their missing loved ones. Nebraska issued two Amber Alerts last year. In both cases, the child was quickly found. Now one Omaha woman who continues to search for her missing son is doing her part to help others.
To Kelly Jolkowski, "Amber Alert Awareness Day "is more than a time to celebrate the success of the program ... "Today marks 6 years and 7 months since our son Jason vanished from the driveway of our home," she said.
Jason was 19. Too old under the qualifications to have an Amber Alert issued for him.
But just because the Amber Alert couldn't help find Jason, it has reunited hundreds of other families. That's why kelly has an Amber Alert ticker running across the home page of www.projectjason.org, a non-profit organization she created in honor of her son. "If there were to be an Amber Alert the background would turn yellow and it would give you the information on that child," Kelly said.
She says helping others helps her work through the pain of not knowing what happened to her son. "In doing our work in Jason's name and helping all these families so that they know they are not alone. That helps us with the healing. I know he would want us to do something like that."
Kelly says in March, Project Jason will launch a local awareness program to help find and reunite missing people here in Omaha.
To sign up for wireless Amber Alerts on your cell phone, log on to: www.wirelessamberalerts.org
Kelly Murphy, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org
Please help us in our mission as a 501 c 3 nonprofit: http://projectjason....y-campaign.html
If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed on the post. All missing persons are loved by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers they seek in regards to the disappearance.
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AMBER Alerts Have Helped Rescue More
Than 375 Children
First AMBER Alert Success Story of 2008
On January 13, communities across the country will observe National AMBER Alert Awareness Day – a day to recognize the collaborative efforts and successes of the AMBER Alert program to assist in the recovery of abducted children. To honor this program as vital to the safety of children, NCMEC encourages all wireless subscribers to sign up for Wireless AMBER Alerts.
The AMBER Alert Program, created after the 1996 abduction and murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, and transportation agencies. The program activates an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases.
A description of the abducted child and the suspected abductor is broadcast to millions of media listeners and viewers. The public becomes the eyes and ears of law enforcement. The AMBER Alert program is coordinated on a national level by the U.S. Department of Justice. For more information about the National AMBER Alert Initiative, please visit www.amberalert.gov. Nationwide there are 119 AMBER Alert Plans, including 28 regional, 38 local, and statewide plans in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
AMBER Alerts Have Helped Rescue More
Than 375 Children
First AMBER Alert Success Story of 2008
On January 13, communities across the country will observe National AMBER Alert Awareness Day – a day to recognize the collaborative efforts and successes of the AMBER Alert program to assist in the recovery of abducted children. To honor this program as vital to the safety of children, NCMEC encourages all wireless subscribers to sign up for Wireless AMBER Alerts.
The AMBER Alert Program, created after the 1996 abduction and murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, and transportation agencies. The program activates an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases.
A description of the abducted child and the suspected abductor is broadcast to millions of media listeners and viewers. The public becomes the eyes and ears of law enforcement. The AMBER Alert program is coordinated on a national level by the U.S. Department of Justice. For more information about the National AMBER Alert Initiative, please visit www.amberalert.gov. Nationwide there are 119 AMBER Alert Plans, including 28 regional, 38 local, and statewide plans in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Kelly Murphy, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org
Please help us in our mission as a 501 c 3 nonprofit: http://projectjason....y-campaign.html
If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed on the post. All missing persons are loved by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers they seek in regards to the disappearance.
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Amber Alert Message, No Matter How You Get It, Could Save a Child's Life
Posted: Jan 13, 2008 09:26 PM CST
Omaha (KPTM) -- Amber alerts helped Nebraska families reunite twice in 2007 following potentially dangerous situations.
State leaders consider the alerts a critical tool, and they want to raise awareness about the program. Sunday marked national amber alert awareness day.
The program is 11 years old and is used in all 50 states. Authorities have recovered more than 350 children during that time.
"It really asks and depends on the public to be the eyes and ears for the family and law enforcement, because they can't be everywhere," Said Kelly Jolkowski of Project Jason.
Jolkowski's son, Jason, disappeared 6 years and seven months ago Sunday.
She runs a non-profit group aimed at helping families with missing children. (and missing adults)
"Today's parents need to teach kids about awareness, situations, and actions," Said Jolkowski
The state uses many mediums when an alert is issued. That includes highway message boards, the media, and even lottery outlets.
"The reason we're involved is we have almost 12-hundred retailers," Said Brian Rockey, Marketing Director for the Nebraska Lottery.
The state lottery became involved with the program in 2002. Outlets are able to give customers information, and get more eyes looking for the missing child.
"They're able to post messages, print it out for their customers. This display would read amber alert. It's just one more way to get the word out," Said Rockey.
The latest way to get the word out is cell phones. Its called a wireless amber alert, and its just a simple text message. But that message could save a child's life.
You can sign up to receive wireless amber alerts for your phone, online. There is no charge, and you'll only receive information about alerts in your area.
Amber Alert Message, No Matter How You Get It, Could Save a Child's Life
Posted: Jan 13, 2008 09:26 PM CST
Omaha (KPTM) -- Amber alerts helped Nebraska families reunite twice in 2007 following potentially dangerous situations.
State leaders consider the alerts a critical tool, and they want to raise awareness about the program. Sunday marked national amber alert awareness day.
The program is 11 years old and is used in all 50 states. Authorities have recovered more than 350 children during that time.
"It really asks and depends on the public to be the eyes and ears for the family and law enforcement, because they can't be everywhere," Said Kelly Jolkowski of Project Jason.
Jolkowski's son, Jason, disappeared 6 years and seven months ago Sunday.
She runs a non-profit group aimed at helping families with missing children. (and missing adults)
"Today's parents need to teach kids about awareness, situations, and actions," Said Jolkowski
The state uses many mediums when an alert is issued. That includes highway message boards, the media, and even lottery outlets.
"The reason we're involved is we have almost 12-hundred retailers," Said Brian Rockey, Marketing Director for the Nebraska Lottery.
The state lottery became involved with the program in 2002. Outlets are able to give customers information, and get more eyes looking for the missing child.
"They're able to post messages, print it out for their customers. This display would read amber alert. It's just one more way to get the word out," Said Rockey.
The latest way to get the word out is cell phones. Its called a wireless amber alert, and its just a simple text message. But that message could save a child's life.
You can sign up to receive wireless amber alerts for your phone, online. There is no charge, and you'll only receive information about alerts in your area.
Kelly Murphy, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org
Please help us in our mission as a 501 c 3 nonprofit: http://projectjason....y-campaign.html
If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed on the post. All missing persons are loved by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers they seek in regards to the disappearance.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 13, 2008
Gov. Blagojevich proclaims January 13 AMBER Alert Awareness Day
AMBER Alert Task Force announces poster contest and encourages teachers to discuss child safety issues with students
SPRINGFIELD – Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today proclaimed January 13 AMBER Alert Awareness Day in Illinois to mark the 12th anniversary of the abduction and brutal murder of Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas. The tragedy lead to the creation of the AMBER Alert System which now helps to find missing children in all 50 states.
“Today as we honor the memory of Amber Hagerman, we reinforce our commitment of protecting all children with the AMBER Alert system,†said Gov. Blagojevich. “The AMBER Alert is not just a crime deterrent, but it is assisting us in the search and safe return of the children across the state.â€
To mark the anniversary in Illinois, a poster contest is being sponsored by the Illinois AMBER Alert Task Force for grades K-12. The theme for the poster contest is “Bringing Our Missing Children Home.†The fifth-grade winner’s entry will also be submitted in the National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest. This competition will also provide teachers with an opportunity to teach students about child abduction and safety issues. The contest will begin on January 13 (AMBER Alert Awareness Day) and conclude on May 25 (Missing Children’s Day).
AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response. It is a tool used by law enforcement, in combination with other means, to bring about the safe return of an abducted child. The goal of the AMBER Alert is to instantly notify an entire community to assist in the search for and safe return of the child. According to the U. S. Department of Justice, the AMBER Alert system is a proven success and has helped rescue more than 370 children nationwide.
Gov. Blagojevich created the Illinois AMBER Task Force in April 2003. At that time, Illinois was one of only two states in the nation to create a partnership with the National Weather Service and the Broadcasters Association to alert the public about missing children. Through the partnership, the Illinois State Police has been able to send information on abducted children to radio and television outlets throughout the state for immediate broadcast.
The Illinois AMBER Alert Notification Plan is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, and the National Weather Service designed to assist children under the age of 16 who have been abducted and are at risk. The alert plan can be activated when reliable information about a suspected kidnapping is available. Reliable information includes appearances or vehicle descriptions which could lead to apprehension of the suspect and recovery of the child.
“Over the years we’ve seen that the AMBER Alert System has become a critical tool for law enforcement in rescuing children that are in danger,†said Illinois State Police Director Larry G. Trent. “By working with communities and schools throughout the state, we can help increase awareness about the dangers of child abduction and further protect our children.â€
In the event a child, adult, or vehicle fitting the AMBER Alert description is spotted, immediately call the telephone number given in the AMBER Alert and provide authorities with as much information as possible. For additional information on AMBER, visit the Department of Justice Web site: www. ojp.usdoj.gov/amberalert/home.html. Information relating to the contest can be found on the Illinois AMBER Alert Task Force Web site, www.amberillinois.org.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 13, 2008
Gov. Blagojevich proclaims January 13 AMBER Alert Awareness Day
AMBER Alert Task Force announces poster contest and encourages teachers to discuss child safety issues with students
SPRINGFIELD – Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today proclaimed January 13 AMBER Alert Awareness Day in Illinois to mark the 12th anniversary of the abduction and brutal murder of Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas. The tragedy lead to the creation of the AMBER Alert System which now helps to find missing children in all 50 states.
“Today as we honor the memory of Amber Hagerman, we reinforce our commitment of protecting all children with the AMBER Alert system,†said Gov. Blagojevich. “The AMBER Alert is not just a crime deterrent, but it is assisting us in the search and safe return of the children across the state.â€
To mark the anniversary in Illinois, a poster contest is being sponsored by the Illinois AMBER Alert Task Force for grades K-12. The theme for the poster contest is “Bringing Our Missing Children Home.†The fifth-grade winner’s entry will also be submitted in the National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest. This competition will also provide teachers with an opportunity to teach students about child abduction and safety issues. The contest will begin on January 13 (AMBER Alert Awareness Day) and conclude on May 25 (Missing Children’s Day).
AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response. It is a tool used by law enforcement, in combination with other means, to bring about the safe return of an abducted child. The goal of the AMBER Alert is to instantly notify an entire community to assist in the search for and safe return of the child. According to the U. S. Department of Justice, the AMBER Alert system is a proven success and has helped rescue more than 370 children nationwide.
Gov. Blagojevich created the Illinois AMBER Task Force in April 2003. At that time, Illinois was one of only two states in the nation to create a partnership with the National Weather Service and the Broadcasters Association to alert the public about missing children. Through the partnership, the Illinois State Police has been able to send information on abducted children to radio and television outlets throughout the state for immediate broadcast.
The Illinois AMBER Alert Notification Plan is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, and the National Weather Service designed to assist children under the age of 16 who have been abducted and are at risk. The alert plan can be activated when reliable information about a suspected kidnapping is available. Reliable information includes appearances or vehicle descriptions which could lead to apprehension of the suspect and recovery of the child.
“Over the years we’ve seen that the AMBER Alert System has become a critical tool for law enforcement in rescuing children that are in danger,†said Illinois State Police Director Larry G. Trent. “By working with communities and schools throughout the state, we can help increase awareness about the dangers of child abduction and further protect our children.â€
In the event a child, adult, or vehicle fitting the AMBER Alert description is spotted, immediately call the telephone number given in the AMBER Alert and provide authorities with as much information as possible. For additional information on AMBER, visit the Department of Justice Web site: www. ojp.usdoj.gov/amberalert/home.html. Information relating to the contest can be found on the Illinois AMBER Alert Task Force Web site, www.amberillinois.org.
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MISGUIDED AND PHONY AMBER ALERTS PUT CHILDREN AT RISK
4/18/08
Press Release issued by:
UTAH ATTORNEY GENERAL
MARK SHURTLEFF
Numerous Utah residents received a text message on their cell phones over the weekend with this alarming message: “AMBER ALERT! two little girls kidnapped the suspect is driving a brown jeep liberty. Headed towards billings area license plate #43-6519. KEEP THIS GOING!â€
Here is the problem: two girls had not been abducted in Utah, the AMBER Alert was not issued by a Utah law enforcement agency and the message did not have enough information for the public to help with a recovery. The real AMBER Alert was issued in Montana on April 11 and the two girls were recovered on April 13.
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff issued a warning today asking the public to only respond to AMBER Alerts from authorized sources. “We have learned from sad experience that seconds can mean the difference between life or death in child abductions,†says Shurtleff. “AMBER Alerts from unknown sources could lead to a delayed response from the public and jeopardize the integrity of the entire AMBER Alert plan.â€
The Utah AMBER Alert Plan sends alerts out through radio and television, highway advisory signs and the 511 travel information phone line. The public can also receive AMBER Alerts by text for free by signing up at www.wirelessamberalerts.org.
“These alerts are well intentioned but they are creating mass confusion,†says Robert Hoever, Associate Director of Training for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). “I am really concerned that something like this could cause the AMBER Alert Program to lose credibility with the public. We need to protect its integrity by educating the public to obtain AMBER Alerts from a legitimate source.â€
The recent text message has been circulated all across the country and is the latest example of misguided and even fake AMBER Alerts being sent nationwide. Many of the so-called AMBER Alerts that circulate by text message and e-mail involve cases that have already been resolved or outright hoaxes, including:
● A 9-year-old girl named Penny Brown has been missing for two weeks. This hoax has been circulating by e-mail since 2001.
● A 15-year-old boy named Evan Trembley has been missing for two weeks. A Wichita Falls TV station reported the prankster behind this fake AMBER Alert is the “missing boy†in the picture.
● A 13-year-old Philadelphia girl named Ashley Flores has been missing for two weeks. This e-mail has been circulating since 2006 and NCMEC has never found a missing child by this name or description.
A person who sends a false AMBER Alert in Utah could be charged with a class B misdemeanor, which can carry a punishment of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. A violation occurs when a person “reports an emergency or causes an emergency to be reported to any public, private, or volunteer entity whose purpose is to respond to fire, police, or medical emergencies, when the actor knows the reported emergency does not exist.â€
The pranksters are not only breaking the law but they are also taking advantage of people who simply want to save an abducted child.
“As of today, we have 393 reasons to be proud of how successful and effective the AMBER Alert System has been in assisting our communities in responding to missing and abducted children,†says National AMBER Alert Coordinator Jeffrey L. Sedgwick. “
Maintaining a solid reputation by guarding against the spread of misinformation is vital to our continued success.â€
Utah Broadcasters Association President Dale Zabriskie echoes that sentiment: “The AMBER Alert is too valuable a law enforcement tool to have damaged by thoughtless actions.â€
For more information about Utah’s AMBER Alert Plan, please visit www.amberalert.utah.gov
4/18/08
Press Release issued by:
UTAH ATTORNEY GENERAL
MARK SHURTLEFF
Numerous Utah residents received a text message on their cell phones over the weekend with this alarming message: “AMBER ALERT! two little girls kidnapped the suspect is driving a brown jeep liberty. Headed towards billings area license plate #43-6519. KEEP THIS GOING!â€
Here is the problem: two girls had not been abducted in Utah, the AMBER Alert was not issued by a Utah law enforcement agency and the message did not have enough information for the public to help with a recovery. The real AMBER Alert was issued in Montana on April 11 and the two girls were recovered on April 13.
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff issued a warning today asking the public to only respond to AMBER Alerts from authorized sources. “We have learned from sad experience that seconds can mean the difference between life or death in child abductions,†says Shurtleff. “AMBER Alerts from unknown sources could lead to a delayed response from the public and jeopardize the integrity of the entire AMBER Alert plan.â€
The Utah AMBER Alert Plan sends alerts out through radio and television, highway advisory signs and the 511 travel information phone line. The public can also receive AMBER Alerts by text for free by signing up at www.wirelessamberalerts.org.
“These alerts are well intentioned but they are creating mass confusion,†says Robert Hoever, Associate Director of Training for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). “I am really concerned that something like this could cause the AMBER Alert Program to lose credibility with the public. We need to protect its integrity by educating the public to obtain AMBER Alerts from a legitimate source.â€
The recent text message has been circulated all across the country and is the latest example of misguided and even fake AMBER Alerts being sent nationwide. Many of the so-called AMBER Alerts that circulate by text message and e-mail involve cases that have already been resolved or outright hoaxes, including:
● A 9-year-old girl named Penny Brown has been missing for two weeks. This hoax has been circulating by e-mail since 2001.
● A 15-year-old boy named Evan Trembley has been missing for two weeks. A Wichita Falls TV station reported the prankster behind this fake AMBER Alert is the “missing boy†in the picture.
● A 13-year-old Philadelphia girl named Ashley Flores has been missing for two weeks. This e-mail has been circulating since 2006 and NCMEC has never found a missing child by this name or description.
A person who sends a false AMBER Alert in Utah could be charged with a class B misdemeanor, which can carry a punishment of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. A violation occurs when a person “reports an emergency or causes an emergency to be reported to any public, private, or volunteer entity whose purpose is to respond to fire, police, or medical emergencies, when the actor knows the reported emergency does not exist.â€
The pranksters are not only breaking the law but they are also taking advantage of people who simply want to save an abducted child.
“As of today, we have 393 reasons to be proud of how successful and effective the AMBER Alert System has been in assisting our communities in responding to missing and abducted children,†says National AMBER Alert Coordinator Jeffrey L. Sedgwick. “
Maintaining a solid reputation by guarding against the spread of misinformation is vital to our continued success.â€
Utah Broadcasters Association President Dale Zabriskie echoes that sentiment: “The AMBER Alert is too valuable a law enforcement tool to have damaged by thoughtless actions.â€
For more information about Utah’s AMBER Alert Plan, please visit www.amberalert.utah.gov
Kelly Murphy, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
www.projectjason.org
Please help us in our mission as a 501 c 3 nonprofit: http://projectjason....y-campaign.html
If you have seen any of our missing persons, please call the law enforcement agency listed on the post. All missing persons are loved by someone, and their families deserve to find the answers they seek in regards to the disappearance.
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AMBER Alert creates ‘miracles’
Nov 18, 2008
DAVIS COUNTY — It may take a village to raise a child, but sometimes it takes an entire nation to bring one home.
The Davis Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business Professional Leadership Committee presented Paul Murphy, Utah’s AMBER Alert coordinator, with a $5,000 donation at a luncheon held late last week at the Davis Conference Center. Elaine Runyon-Simmons, Ed and Elizabeth Smart were also on hand to emphasize the importance of the AMBER Alert System, a nationwide program that spreads information about abducted children to help bring them home.
“Every day there are new miracles that happen because of the AMBER Alert,†said Murphy. Since first becoming a national program in October 2002, the alert has helped save the lives of 426 children.
It also relies on the help of donations to keep running. “After six years, the state budget for the program is still $0,†added Murphy.
In Utah, the program actually began as the Rachael Alert system, named in honor of Rachael Marie Runyon. The three-year-old Sunset girl was kidnapped and killed in 1982, which inspired her mother Elaine to help begin a system that would alert the community about an abducted child so that everyone could help join in the search.
Utah first adopted the Rachel Alert in early 2002, and Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapping was the first state case to utilize the alert.
“I’m glad that the world took notice because of the Elizabeth Smart case,†said John Walsh, in a special AMBER Alert video shown at the luncheon. The state changed the Rachel Alert to the Amber Alert in early 2003 to avoid confusion. “It helped make everyone more aware of how vulnerable our children really are.â€
Ed Smart, who had not heard of the Rachael Alert before his daughter was kidnapped, later lobbied to get the AMBER Alert passed nationally.
“The AMBER Alert is all about awareness,†he said. “It’s because of awareness that Elizabeth came home.â€
There are four criteria that a case must meet before law enforcement are willing to issue an AMBER Alert, including whether the child is age 17 or younger, whether there is evidence that the child has been taken, whether there is reason to believe the child will be facing serious bodily harm or death, and whether there is information that could be released to the public (description of a vehicle, etc.) that would help assist in the search for the child.
After an AMBER Alert has been issued, word goes out onto television stations, highway and other electronic signs, and a variety of other media including cell phone alerts. To sign up to be part of the cell phone alert list, please visit www.wirelessamberalerts.org.
For cases that don’t specifically meet these four criteria, Utah has also set up an Endangered Person Advisory that can be issued in cases where the person is either older than 17 or there is no proof that they’ve been taken. It was an Endangered Person Advisory in Missouri, inspired by the one in Utah, that found Ben Oenby and Shawn Hornbeck in early 2007.
“To this day I’m still amazed at everything that goes on when a child is missing,†said Elizabeth Smart, currently a music major down at BYU. “I don’t think there’s anything more important than protecting a child.â€
AMBER Alert creates ‘miracles’
Nov 18, 2008
DAVIS COUNTY — It may take a village to raise a child, but sometimes it takes an entire nation to bring one home.
The Davis Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business Professional Leadership Committee presented Paul Murphy, Utah’s AMBER Alert coordinator, with a $5,000 donation at a luncheon held late last week at the Davis Conference Center. Elaine Runyon-Simmons, Ed and Elizabeth Smart were also on hand to emphasize the importance of the AMBER Alert System, a nationwide program that spreads information about abducted children to help bring them home.
“Every day there are new miracles that happen because of the AMBER Alert,†said Murphy. Since first becoming a national program in October 2002, the alert has helped save the lives of 426 children.
It also relies on the help of donations to keep running. “After six years, the state budget for the program is still $0,†added Murphy.
In Utah, the program actually began as the Rachael Alert system, named in honor of Rachael Marie Runyon. The three-year-old Sunset girl was kidnapped and killed in 1982, which inspired her mother Elaine to help begin a system that would alert the community about an abducted child so that everyone could help join in the search.
Utah first adopted the Rachel Alert in early 2002, and Elizabeth Smart’s kidnapping was the first state case to utilize the alert.
“I’m glad that the world took notice because of the Elizabeth Smart case,†said John Walsh, in a special AMBER Alert video shown at the luncheon. The state changed the Rachel Alert to the Amber Alert in early 2003 to avoid confusion. “It helped make everyone more aware of how vulnerable our children really are.â€
Ed Smart, who had not heard of the Rachael Alert before his daughter was kidnapped, later lobbied to get the AMBER Alert passed nationally.
“The AMBER Alert is all about awareness,†he said. “It’s because of awareness that Elizabeth came home.â€
There are four criteria that a case must meet before law enforcement are willing to issue an AMBER Alert, including whether the child is age 17 or younger, whether there is evidence that the child has been taken, whether there is reason to believe the child will be facing serious bodily harm or death, and whether there is information that could be released to the public (description of a vehicle, etc.) that would help assist in the search for the child.
After an AMBER Alert has been issued, word goes out onto television stations, highway and other electronic signs, and a variety of other media including cell phone alerts. To sign up to be part of the cell phone alert list, please visit www.wirelessamberalerts.org.
For cases that don’t specifically meet these four criteria, Utah has also set up an Endangered Person Advisory that can be issued in cases where the person is either older than 17 or there is no proof that they’ve been taken. It was an Endangered Person Advisory in Missouri, inspired by the one in Utah, that found Ben Oenby and Shawn Hornbeck in early 2007.
“To this day I’m still amazed at everything that goes on when a child is missing,†said Elizabeth Smart, currently a music major down at BYU. “I don’t think there’s anything more important than protecting a child.â€
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Texas Center for the Missing Launches Missing Children's Poster Contest in Texas
Monday, January 12, 2009
Today, Texas Center for the Missing is launching the statewide level of a national poster contest which focuses on the theme: Bring Our Missing Children Home. With over 400 children returning home safely since the AMBER Alert program began, we chose AMBER Alert Awareness Day to initiate conversations with students about safety and to involve them in a national competition for the National Missing Children's Day Poster Contest.
The U.S. Department of Justice, through its Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Child Protection Division, sponsors this annual contest for 5th grade students to develop artwork that will represent America's united goal to bring missing children home safely.
The winning artwork at the national level is displayed at the National Missing Children's Day ceremony, to be held on or about May 25th. The national winner travels to Washington, DC, along with his/her parents and teacher to receive an award and participate in the ceremony. It is a fitting time for our 5th grade students to focus on this project. As the nation remembers two children who represent missing children everywhere, Amber Hagerman and Etan Patz, we also celebrate the safe homecomings of children everywhere. Texas Center for the Missing invites all schools (public, private, or home) to participate in this unique contest. A Fact Sheet with additional details regarding the Texas statewide contest can be found at: http://www.thetexasc...heet-Texas.pdf.
"It is extraordinary to give our students an opportunity to compete nationally in an art contest of such importance, especially as it gives Texas educators a chance to teach them more about their safety," said Beth Alberts, Texas Center for the Missing CEO "We know that there is great talent in our area and we hope to send one of our local students to Washington, DC."
About:
AMBER Alerts and Amber Hagerman: The Amber Alert Program began in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth broadcasters teamed with local police to develop an early warning system to help find abducted children. The Amber Alert was created as a legacy to 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas, and then brutally murdered. Other states and communities soon set up their own Amber plans as the idea was adopted across the nation. For more information about the Houston Regional Amber Program, visit www.amber-plan.net.
National Missing Children's Day and Etan Patz: On May 25, 1979, 6-year-old Etan Patz grabbed his school books and gave his mother a goodbye kiss before leaving to catch the bus to school. Etan's mother was never to see him again. In the years that followed, Etan became the symbol for lost children across America. Then, in 1982, President Reagan proclaimed May 25, the anniversary of Etan's disappearance, as National Missing Children's Day.
Texas Center for the Missing is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to offering help, and hope, to the missing and their families. As the administrator of the Houston Regional Amber Alert, Texas Center for the Missing trains law enforcement on the Amber Alert system and provides 24-hour support and consulting to law enforcement agencies in the 13-county region in and around Houston. Safety education programs are also offered to the community to prevent Internet lures and child abductions, including S.A.F.E. child puppet shows, missing child prevention for parents, and Internet safety for all ages. Visit www.thetexascenter.org to learn more.
P.O. Box 420148  Houston, TX 77242-0148  (p) 713.599.0235
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Texas Center for the Missing Launches Missing Children's Poster Contest in Texas
Monday, January 12, 2009
Today, Texas Center for the Missing is launching the statewide level of a national poster contest which focuses on the theme: Bring Our Missing Children Home. With over 400 children returning home safely since the AMBER Alert program began, we chose AMBER Alert Awareness Day to initiate conversations with students about safety and to involve them in a national competition for the National Missing Children's Day Poster Contest.
The U.S. Department of Justice, through its Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Child Protection Division, sponsors this annual contest for 5th grade students to develop artwork that will represent America's united goal to bring missing children home safely.
The winning artwork at the national level is displayed at the National Missing Children's Day ceremony, to be held on or about May 25th. The national winner travels to Washington, DC, along with his/her parents and teacher to receive an award and participate in the ceremony. It is a fitting time for our 5th grade students to focus on this project. As the nation remembers two children who represent missing children everywhere, Amber Hagerman and Etan Patz, we also celebrate the safe homecomings of children everywhere. Texas Center for the Missing invites all schools (public, private, or home) to participate in this unique contest. A Fact Sheet with additional details regarding the Texas statewide contest can be found at: http://www.thetexasc...heet-Texas.pdf.
"It is extraordinary to give our students an opportunity to compete nationally in an art contest of such importance, especially as it gives Texas educators a chance to teach them more about their safety," said Beth Alberts, Texas Center for the Missing CEO "We know that there is great talent in our area and we hope to send one of our local students to Washington, DC."
About:
AMBER Alerts and Amber Hagerman: The Amber Alert Program began in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth broadcasters teamed with local police to develop an early warning system to help find abducted children. The Amber Alert was created as a legacy to 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas, and then brutally murdered. Other states and communities soon set up their own Amber plans as the idea was adopted across the nation. For more information about the Houston Regional Amber Program, visit www.amber-plan.net.
National Missing Children's Day and Etan Patz: On May 25, 1979, 6-year-old Etan Patz grabbed his school books and gave his mother a goodbye kiss before leaving to catch the bus to school. Etan's mother was never to see him again. In the years that followed, Etan became the symbol for lost children across America. Then, in 1982, President Reagan proclaimed May 25, the anniversary of Etan's disappearance, as National Missing Children's Day.
Texas Center for the Missing is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to offering help, and hope, to the missing and their families. As the administrator of the Houston Regional Amber Alert, Texas Center for the Missing trains law enforcement on the Amber Alert system and provides 24-hour support and consulting to law enforcement agencies in the 13-county region in and around Houston. Safety education programs are also offered to the community to prevent Internet lures and child abductions, including S.A.F.E. child puppet shows, missing child prevention for parents, and Internet safety for all ages. Visit www.thetexascenter.org to learn more.
P.O. Box 420148  Houston, TX 77242-0148  (p) 713.599.0235
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Today is AMBER Alert Awareness Day
The Ohio AMBER Alert Plan is a critical missing child response program that uses the resources of law enforcement and media to notify the public when children have been abducted or kidnapped. Its goal is to promptly involve entire communities in the search and safe return of abducted children. Ohio AMBER Alert Plan began November 2002 and was officially established by the Legislature in January 2003. From 2002 to December 2008, Ohio has issued 105 AMBER Alerts which aided in the safe recovery of 125 children.
When an Ohio AMBER Alert is issued, law enforcement and media outlets implement the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to air the description of the missing child(ren) and suspected abductor. That information is broadcasted on local television and radio stations, Ohio Department of Transportation highway message boards and digital billboards.
Today is National AMBER Alert Awareness Day. The Missing Children Clearinghouse of the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and the Ohio Amber Alert Steering Committee announces their participation with National AMBER Alert Awareness Day, and encourages the public’s participation as well.
In recognition of National AMBER Alert Awareness Day, the Ohio AMBER Alert Steering Committee, in conjunction with basketball season, is initiating a program called “Time-Out for AMBER Alerts.â€
“We are requesting that all schools take a minute or less during basketball games to promote the wireless Amber Alert notification program†said Mark Patchen, chair of the Ohio AMBER Alert Steering Committee and division director of Ohio EMA’s Technical Support, a division of the Ohio Department of Public Safety. “Technology now exists to specifically target zip code areas and send text messages to cellular devices when an AMBER Alert occurs. This target technology ensures the alert is focused on the area where we need everyone’s help to locate the abducted child.â€
The Ohio AMBER Alert Steering Committee is constantly in search of new and improved ways to rapidly provide law enforcement information about an adducted child and of communicating AMBER Alerts to the greatest number of people when a child is abducted. Although the Emergency Alert System (EAS), faxes, teletypes, and highway sign boards do a good job in getting the mass message out, more can be done on an individual basis.
Local schools are still being asked to participate in the National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest. Elementary school teachers are encouraged to help their students learn how to be safe and stay safe. The theme for the 2009 National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest is “Bring Our Missing Children Home.†Holly Ritter of Hinckley was the first place state winner of the 2008 National Missing Children’s Day poster contest. Her poster is displayed on the Ohio Amber Alert Web site.
For the 2009 fact sheet, contest rules and applications, visit the Ohio’s Amber Plan Web site at www.ohioamberplan.org/press.aspx.
For more information on Ohio AMBER Alert or Ohio Missing Children Clearinghouse, visit the following Web sites: www.ohioamberplan.org or www.ag.state.oh.us/victim/mcc.asp.
Safety Tips for Parents and Children:
• Teach your children their full name, your full name, their address and telephone number.
• Know the routes your child takes to and from school and other activities.
• Participate in a neighborhood watch program.
• Before placing your child in a daycare, preschool, youth organization or at baby sitter, check references, certifications and qualifications. Ask the facility if it conducts pre-employment background checks.
• Teach your child what to do if approached by strangers. Common approaches include offering a ride, gifts or candy; asking the child to look for a lost pet; or claiming that the child’s parents asked him or her to bring the child home. Have a code phrase that only you, your child and select family members know.
• Listen to your child. Do not disregard his or her fears.
1/12/2009 6:11:00 PM
Today is AMBER Alert Awareness Day
The Ohio AMBER Alert Plan is a critical missing child response program that uses the resources of law enforcement and media to notify the public when children have been abducted or kidnapped. Its goal is to promptly involve entire communities in the search and safe return of abducted children. Ohio AMBER Alert Plan began November 2002 and was officially established by the Legislature in January 2003. From 2002 to December 2008, Ohio has issued 105 AMBER Alerts which aided in the safe recovery of 125 children.
When an Ohio AMBER Alert is issued, law enforcement and media outlets implement the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to air the description of the missing child(ren) and suspected abductor. That information is broadcasted on local television and radio stations, Ohio Department of Transportation highway message boards and digital billboards.
Today is National AMBER Alert Awareness Day. The Missing Children Clearinghouse of the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and the Ohio Amber Alert Steering Committee announces their participation with National AMBER Alert Awareness Day, and encourages the public’s participation as well.
In recognition of National AMBER Alert Awareness Day, the Ohio AMBER Alert Steering Committee, in conjunction with basketball season, is initiating a program called “Time-Out for AMBER Alerts.â€
“We are requesting that all schools take a minute or less during basketball games to promote the wireless Amber Alert notification program†said Mark Patchen, chair of the Ohio AMBER Alert Steering Committee and division director of Ohio EMA’s Technical Support, a division of the Ohio Department of Public Safety. “Technology now exists to specifically target zip code areas and send text messages to cellular devices when an AMBER Alert occurs. This target technology ensures the alert is focused on the area where we need everyone’s help to locate the abducted child.â€
The Ohio AMBER Alert Steering Committee is constantly in search of new and improved ways to rapidly provide law enforcement information about an adducted child and of communicating AMBER Alerts to the greatest number of people when a child is abducted. Although the Emergency Alert System (EAS), faxes, teletypes, and highway sign boards do a good job in getting the mass message out, more can be done on an individual basis.
Local schools are still being asked to participate in the National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest. Elementary school teachers are encouraged to help their students learn how to be safe and stay safe. The theme for the 2009 National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest is “Bring Our Missing Children Home.†Holly Ritter of Hinckley was the first place state winner of the 2008 National Missing Children’s Day poster contest. Her poster is displayed on the Ohio Amber Alert Web site.
For the 2009 fact sheet, contest rules and applications, visit the Ohio’s Amber Plan Web site at www.ohioamberplan.org/press.aspx.
For more information on Ohio AMBER Alert or Ohio Missing Children Clearinghouse, visit the following Web sites: www.ohioamberplan.org or www.ag.state.oh.us/victim/mcc.asp.
Safety Tips for Parents and Children:
• Teach your children their full name, your full name, their address and telephone number.
• Know the routes your child takes to and from school and other activities.
• Participate in a neighborhood watch program.
• Before placing your child in a daycare, preschool, youth organization or at baby sitter, check references, certifications and qualifications. Ask the facility if it conducts pre-employment background checks.
• Teach your child what to do if approached by strangers. Common approaches include offering a ride, gifts or candy; asking the child to look for a lost pet; or claiming that the child’s parents asked him or her to bring the child home. Have a code phrase that only you, your child and select family members know.
• Listen to your child. Do not disregard his or her fears.
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JANUARY 13 IS NATIONAL AMBER ALERT DAY
Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009 marks the 13th anniversary of AMBER Alert Awareness Day. The alert program, named after Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas who was abducted on that day in 1996, has lead to the safe recovery of 432 children, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
Through a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, and transportation agencies, an urgent bulletin is activated in the most serious cases within the critical first three-hours of a child’s abduction and gives communities the opportunity to assist in the search for and safe recovery of children.
In 2005, the Wireless AMBER Alerts Initiative enabled the public to receive alerts via text message on their wireless devices. Wireless AMBER Alerts have the potential to reach 84 percent of the public with over 262 million cell phone subscribers in the United States.
U.S. Cellular reminds cell phone users that they can sign up to receive Wireless AMBER Alerts via text message – free of charge.
To Sign Up For Wireless AMBER Alerts:
1. Visit www.uscellular.com, click on About us, Wireless AMBER Alerts, visit www.wirelessamberalerts.org, or text the word AMBER followed by a space and your 5-digit zip code to short code 26237.
2. Sign up to receive AMBER Alerts in your area by selecting the area(s) you are in most frequently.
3. Law enforcement issues an AMBER Alert and provides the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) with the information to include in the alert.
4. NCMEC formats the AMBER Alert information, which is relayed to U.S. Cellular.
5. This information is sent as a free text message.
6. You will only receive AMBER Alerts by enrolling in the program.
7. If you have information on a missing child call the NCMEC toll-free Hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST® (1-800-843-5678) 24-hours a day.
About U.S. Cellular
The 8,700 associates of U.S. Cellular believe a wireless phone enhances people’s lives and a wireless company should be in the business of bringing people together. U.S. Cellular has a wide range of monthly plans, including those with unlimited nationwide calling, unlimited free incoming calls and options to prepay. The company has a growing catalog of phones like the BlackBerry® Pearl and Curve, and the touch-screen Samsung Delve, which offer e-mail and Web access. Based in Chicago,
U.S. Cellular is the nation’s sixth-largest wireless carrier, serving 6.2 million customers across the country. To learn more about the company visit one of its retail stores or uscellular.com.
JANUARY 13 IS NATIONAL AMBER ALERT DAY
Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009 marks the 13th anniversary of AMBER Alert Awareness Day. The alert program, named after Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas who was abducted on that day in 1996, has lead to the safe recovery of 432 children, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
Through a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, and transportation agencies, an urgent bulletin is activated in the most serious cases within the critical first three-hours of a child’s abduction and gives communities the opportunity to assist in the search for and safe recovery of children.
In 2005, the Wireless AMBER Alerts Initiative enabled the public to receive alerts via text message on their wireless devices. Wireless AMBER Alerts have the potential to reach 84 percent of the public with over 262 million cell phone subscribers in the United States.
U.S. Cellular reminds cell phone users that they can sign up to receive Wireless AMBER Alerts via text message – free of charge.
To Sign Up For Wireless AMBER Alerts:
1. Visit www.uscellular.com, click on About us, Wireless AMBER Alerts, visit www.wirelessamberalerts.org, or text the word AMBER followed by a space and your 5-digit zip code to short code 26237.
2. Sign up to receive AMBER Alerts in your area by selecting the area(s) you are in most frequently.
3. Law enforcement issues an AMBER Alert and provides the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) with the information to include in the alert.
4. NCMEC formats the AMBER Alert information, which is relayed to U.S. Cellular.
5. This information is sent as a free text message.
6. You will only receive AMBER Alerts by enrolling in the program.
7. If you have information on a missing child call the NCMEC toll-free Hotline at 1-800-THE-LOST® (1-800-843-5678) 24-hours a day.
About U.S. Cellular
The 8,700 associates of U.S. Cellular believe a wireless phone enhances people’s lives and a wireless company should be in the business of bringing people together. U.S. Cellular has a wide range of monthly plans, including those with unlimited nationwide calling, unlimited free incoming calls and options to prepay. The company has a growing catalog of phones like the BlackBerry® Pearl and Curve, and the touch-screen Samsung Delve, which offer e-mail and Web access. Based in Chicago,
U.S. Cellular is the nation’s sixth-largest wireless carrier, serving 6.2 million customers across the country. To learn more about the company visit one of its retail stores or uscellular.com.
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Regional toll-free number unveiled for Amber Alerts
3:42 p.m. January 13, 2009
SAN DIEGO – The Sheriff's Department on Tuesday unveiled a new regional toll-free number designed to make it easier for the public to report tips about abducted children.
The public can now call (877) 3KIDSAFE and their information will go directly to the law enforcement jurisdiction in the county handling the kidnapping, said Sgt. Mark O'Connor, sheriff's Amber Alert coordinator.
The intent is to provide information and tips directly to detectives searching for abducted children and to give the public an easy number to remember.
“In Amber Alerts, time is of the essence,†O'Connor said. “Statistics show that when a child is abducted and killed, 74 percent are killed within the first three hours.â€
San Diego is the first city in the state to utilize a regional number that can be quickly transferred to the appropriate agency. All 13 law enforcement agencies in San Diego County are participating, O'Connor said.
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Amber Alerts have been responsible for the return of 432 children nationwide and 176 in California since the program began 13 years ago.
It was created after the Jan. 13, 1996, abduction and murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas, who was riding her bike near her grandparents' home when she was kidnapped.
Her body was found four days later in a creek bed with her throat slit.
Jan. 13 is National Amber Alert Awareness Day.
O'Connor said that the new number is not meant to replace 911, and that if someone spots a child being abducted or a suspect, they should call the emergency number.
But after an Amber Alert is issued, officials can receive thousands of tips regarding sightings and other information that has to be recorded and evaluated, and the new number will help expedite that process, O'Connor said.
“When the eyes and ears of the community are looking for a child, we have a better ability to recover that child safely,†he said.
As officials were announcing the new phone number, an Amber Alert was issued for a girl abducted in San Jose. O'Connor said a man who took the child dropped her off unharmed after seeing the alert on a Caltrans sign.
The sergeant said more reports like that are coming in from throughout the country.
Regional toll-free number unveiled for Amber Alerts
3:42 p.m. January 13, 2009
SAN DIEGO – The Sheriff's Department on Tuesday unveiled a new regional toll-free number designed to make it easier for the public to report tips about abducted children.
The public can now call (877) 3KIDSAFE and their information will go directly to the law enforcement jurisdiction in the county handling the kidnapping, said Sgt. Mark O'Connor, sheriff's Amber Alert coordinator.
The intent is to provide information and tips directly to detectives searching for abducted children and to give the public an easy number to remember.
“In Amber Alerts, time is of the essence,†O'Connor said. “Statistics show that when a child is abducted and killed, 74 percent are killed within the first three hours.â€
San Diego is the first city in the state to utilize a regional number that can be quickly transferred to the appropriate agency. All 13 law enforcement agencies in San Diego County are participating, O'Connor said.
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Amber Alerts have been responsible for the return of 432 children nationwide and 176 in California since the program began 13 years ago.
It was created after the Jan. 13, 1996, abduction and murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas, who was riding her bike near her grandparents' home when she was kidnapped.
Her body was found four days later in a creek bed with her throat slit.
Jan. 13 is National Amber Alert Awareness Day.
O'Connor said that the new number is not meant to replace 911, and that if someone spots a child being abducted or a suspect, they should call the emergency number.
But after an Amber Alert is issued, officials can receive thousands of tips regarding sightings and other information that has to be recorded and evaluated, and the new number will help expedite that process, O'Connor said.
“When the eyes and ears of the community are looking for a child, we have a better ability to recover that child safely,†he said.
As officials were announcing the new phone number, an Amber Alert was issued for a girl abducted in San Jose. O'Connor said a man who took the child dropped her off unharmed after seeing the alert on a Caltrans sign.
The sergeant said more reports like that are coming in from throughout the country.
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Amber Alert Awareness Day
Jan 13, 2009
It was a story that captured the national spotlight just months ago.
"Without the amber alert going out i probably would not have made it back," said Paige Alley.
For nine days Lathrop teens Paige Alley and Levi Carlson went missing leading authorities on a nationwide search before a national Amber Alert brought them safely back home
"She was in a very dangerous situation," said Paige's father Jeff Alley. "She wanted out of it and didn't know how to get out of it."
Jeff Alley credits the Amber Alert effort for saving his daughters life.
"Nine days in cold doesn't exactly work," said Paige. "Cold and hungry and worrying for your own life and anyone who's with you. I only made it through with the grace of God.
The Amber Alert celebrates its 13th anniversary as voluntary program between law enforcement agencies and broadcasters.
The alert activates an emergency bulletin when a child has been abducted.
"It's huge to our society," said Jeff Alley. "It brought our daughter back to us and I've seen it work in other cases. If it brings one child back it was worth it. How do you put a value on a life.
While the Alley family is eternally thankful and Paige is doing well as a high school freshman and member of the Kansas City Youth Symphony, Jeff thinks the Amber Alert system still has a margin for improvement.
"When it was started it was started for one reason, for small very small children," he said. "But when you have a 14 year old daughter go missing you don't care what the reason is you just want her back."
The alert program is credited with the successful recovery of 432 children since the Amber Alert was created in 1996.
Amber Alert Awareness Day
Jan 13, 2009
It was a story that captured the national spotlight just months ago.
"Without the amber alert going out i probably would not have made it back," said Paige Alley.
For nine days Lathrop teens Paige Alley and Levi Carlson went missing leading authorities on a nationwide search before a national Amber Alert brought them safely back home
"She was in a very dangerous situation," said Paige's father Jeff Alley. "She wanted out of it and didn't know how to get out of it."
Jeff Alley credits the Amber Alert effort for saving his daughters life.
"Nine days in cold doesn't exactly work," said Paige. "Cold and hungry and worrying for your own life and anyone who's with you. I only made it through with the grace of God.
The Amber Alert celebrates its 13th anniversary as voluntary program between law enforcement agencies and broadcasters.
The alert activates an emergency bulletin when a child has been abducted.
"It's huge to our society," said Jeff Alley. "It brought our daughter back to us and I've seen it work in other cases. If it brings one child back it was worth it. How do you put a value on a life.
While the Alley family is eternally thankful and Paige is doing well as a high school freshman and member of the Kansas City Youth Symphony, Jeff thinks the Amber Alert system still has a margin for improvement.
"When it was started it was started for one reason, for small very small children," he said. "But when you have a 14 year old daughter go missing you don't care what the reason is you just want her back."
The alert program is credited with the successful recovery of 432 children since the Amber Alert was created in 1996.
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Code Amber News Service iPhone App to Aid in Search for Missing Persons
The Vision
GTX Corp wants to expand the alerting capabilities of their Code Amber News Service by sending real-time alerts of missing persons to a variety of mobile platforms.
The Product
Lextech engineers are currently developing the iPhone app, Code Mobile. The app promises to deliver real-time alerts to a subscriber about incidents in their area, using the phone's physical location to pinpoint relevant data. As a missing person alert or Amber Alert is reported, thousands of users in the area will be notified simultaneously, transforming the once passive process of visiting a website or driving by (and noticing) a marquee into a proactive alert sent directly to subscribers.
The Revenue
Code Mobile is an exception to Lextech's revenue-centric approach to iPhone app development. The Code Amber News Service champions the public interest rather than profit. Their business model relies on sponsorships to cover the cost of alert delivery. The Lextech team is proud to participate in a project that will promote social awareness and aid in the recovery of missing persons.
For info on other projects, visit www.lextech.com/projects
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For info about Code Amber News Service, visit www.codeamber.org.
Code Amber News Service iPhone App to Aid in Search for Missing Persons
The Vision
GTX Corp wants to expand the alerting capabilities of their Code Amber News Service by sending real-time alerts of missing persons to a variety of mobile platforms.
The Product
Lextech engineers are currently developing the iPhone app, Code Mobile. The app promises to deliver real-time alerts to a subscriber about incidents in their area, using the phone's physical location to pinpoint relevant data. As a missing person alert or Amber Alert is reported, thousands of users in the area will be notified simultaneously, transforming the once passive process of visiting a website or driving by (and noticing) a marquee into a proactive alert sent directly to subscribers.
The Revenue
Code Mobile is an exception to Lextech's revenue-centric approach to iPhone app development. The Code Amber News Service champions the public interest rather than profit. Their business model relies on sponsorships to cover the cost of alert delivery. The Lextech team is proud to participate in a project that will promote social awareness and aid in the recovery of missing persons.
For info on other projects, visit www.lextech.com/projects
today.
For info about Code Amber News Service, visit www.codeamber.org.
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National AMBER Alert Symposium Seeks to Improve Responses to Missing and Abducted Children
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
The seventh annual national AMBER Alert Symposium, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), opened today in Phoenix, Arizona. The three-day training conference will include sessions highlighting expansion of the AMBER (America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) Alert system in tribal communities and along the U.S. southern border, Child Abduction Response Team (CART) updates and specialized investigative techniques in child abduction cases. Federal, state, tribal and local representatives from the United States, as well as international partners from Canada, Mexico and the European Union, will attend the conference.
To date, 525 abducted children have been brought home safely as a direct result of an AMBER Alert. All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and 15 tribes have AMBER Alert plans. Additionally, OJP is providing training and technical assistance to expand child recovery efforts in tribal communities.
"Keeping the AMBER Alert system vital and powerful relies on the work of many partners and supporters," said Laurie O. Robinson, Assistant Attorney General for OJP and National AMBER Alert Coordinator. "Our ongoing commitment is to improve and strengthen the AMBER Alert network to protect all children and rescue them if they are abducted or missing."
Child abduction victims and their families are a major focus at the symposium. Diena Thompson, mother of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, who was kidnapped and killed in 2009, will join other families to share experiences and offer insights on bringing abducted children home.
OJP will present awards for outstanding accomplishments in strengthening the AMBER Alert program in the following categories:
* AMBER Alert Coordinator of the Year: Lieutenant Charles Fleeger -- Lieutenant Charles Fleeger, of the College Station Texas Police Department, AMBER Alert Coordinator for Texas Region 3, has dedicated countless hours to developing a Child Abduction Response Team (CART) for a seven-county region in Texas. Lt. Fleeger's meetings and trainings for CART team members and other law enforcement personnel have ensured the success of the regional Brazos Valley Child Abduction Response Team.
* AMBER Alert Broadcaster/Media Person of the Year: Dennis Lyle -- Dennis Lyle, CEO/President of the Illinois Broadcasters Association (IBA), has been a partner with the Illinois AMBER Alert program since its development in 2001. As a member of the Illinois AMBER Alert Task Force, he hosted the June 2010 task force meeting during the IBA annual conference and brought the Newsplex training—a system allowing access to multiple news-servers simultaneously by merging content into one single virtual news-server—to Illinois in 2010.
* AMBER Alert Law Enforcement Leadership Award: Eric Garcia -- Lieutenant Eric Garcia, Public Information Officer and Associate Broadcast Media Coordinator for the New Mexico Department of Public Safety and AMBER Alert Coordinator for New Mexico, provides education and training on AMBER Alert laws, regulations, and protocols. He has conducted more than two dozen AMBER Alert training sessions this year, participated in the Media Broadcast Association's training sessions, and provided training to the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy Dispatcher Schools.
* AMBER Alert Citizen Award: Mike Grant -- Mike Grant, of Milton, New Hampshire, responded to an alert for a 2-year-old girl on November 9, 2009. The girl's father abducted her after breaking into her mother's home and assaulting her mother. Mike Grant heard the AMBER Alert, issued throughout Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. When Grant recognized the pickup truck described in the alert, he approached the vehicle and convinced the girl's father to turn himself in to the police. The girl was rescued and reunited with her mother.
* AMBER Alert Citizen Award: Victor Perez -- Victor Perez, of Fresno, California responded to an AMBER Alert for an 8-year-old girl who was abducted in a truck from her Fresno home. When Perez saw the truck, he drove his own vehicle in front of it, stopping the driver. The perpetrator pushed the child out of his truck and sped away. The California Highway Patrol later apprehended the perpetrator. The girl was reunited with her family.
The AMBER Alert system began in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas broadcasters teamed with local police to develop an early warning system to help find abducted children. The system was created in memory of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas who was abducted while riding her bicycle and later found murdered. AMBER Alerts are emergency messages broadcast when a law enforcement agency determines that a child has been abducted and is in imminent danger. For more information about the AMBER Alert program, visit amberalert.gov.
The symposium continues through Thursday, November 18, at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix, 122 North Second Street, Phoenix, AZ.
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), headed by Assistant Attorney General Laurie O. Robinson, provides federal leadership in developing the nation's capacity to prevent and control crime, administer justice, and assist victims. OJP has seven bureaus and offices: the Bureau of Justice Assistance; the Bureau of Justice Statistics; the National Institute of Justice; the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; the Office for Victims of Crime; the Community Capacity Development Office, and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART). More information about OJP and its components can be found at http://www.ojp.gov .
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National AMBER Alert Symposium Seeks to Improve Responses to Missing and Abducted Children
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
The seventh annual national AMBER Alert Symposium, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), opened today in Phoenix, Arizona. The three-day training conference will include sessions highlighting expansion of the AMBER (America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) Alert system in tribal communities and along the U.S. southern border, Child Abduction Response Team (CART) updates and specialized investigative techniques in child abduction cases. Federal, state, tribal and local representatives from the United States, as well as international partners from Canada, Mexico and the European Union, will attend the conference.
To date, 525 abducted children have been brought home safely as a direct result of an AMBER Alert. All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and 15 tribes have AMBER Alert plans. Additionally, OJP is providing training and technical assistance to expand child recovery efforts in tribal communities.
"Keeping the AMBER Alert system vital and powerful relies on the work of many partners and supporters," said Laurie O. Robinson, Assistant Attorney General for OJP and National AMBER Alert Coordinator. "Our ongoing commitment is to improve and strengthen the AMBER Alert network to protect all children and rescue them if they are abducted or missing."
Child abduction victims and their families are a major focus at the symposium. Diena Thompson, mother of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, who was kidnapped and killed in 2009, will join other families to share experiences and offer insights on bringing abducted children home.
OJP will present awards for outstanding accomplishments in strengthening the AMBER Alert program in the following categories:
* AMBER Alert Coordinator of the Year: Lieutenant Charles Fleeger -- Lieutenant Charles Fleeger, of the College Station Texas Police Department, AMBER Alert Coordinator for Texas Region 3, has dedicated countless hours to developing a Child Abduction Response Team (CART) for a seven-county region in Texas. Lt. Fleeger's meetings and trainings for CART team members and other law enforcement personnel have ensured the success of the regional Brazos Valley Child Abduction Response Team.
* AMBER Alert Broadcaster/Media Person of the Year: Dennis Lyle -- Dennis Lyle, CEO/President of the Illinois Broadcasters Association (IBA), has been a partner with the Illinois AMBER Alert program since its development in 2001. As a member of the Illinois AMBER Alert Task Force, he hosted the June 2010 task force meeting during the IBA annual conference and brought the Newsplex training—a system allowing access to multiple news-servers simultaneously by merging content into one single virtual news-server—to Illinois in 2010.
* AMBER Alert Law Enforcement Leadership Award: Eric Garcia -- Lieutenant Eric Garcia, Public Information Officer and Associate Broadcast Media Coordinator for the New Mexico Department of Public Safety and AMBER Alert Coordinator for New Mexico, provides education and training on AMBER Alert laws, regulations, and protocols. He has conducted more than two dozen AMBER Alert training sessions this year, participated in the Media Broadcast Association's training sessions, and provided training to the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy Dispatcher Schools.
* AMBER Alert Citizen Award: Mike Grant -- Mike Grant, of Milton, New Hampshire, responded to an alert for a 2-year-old girl on November 9, 2009. The girl's father abducted her after breaking into her mother's home and assaulting her mother. Mike Grant heard the AMBER Alert, issued throughout Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. When Grant recognized the pickup truck described in the alert, he approached the vehicle and convinced the girl's father to turn himself in to the police. The girl was rescued and reunited with her mother.
* AMBER Alert Citizen Award: Victor Perez -- Victor Perez, of Fresno, California responded to an AMBER Alert for an 8-year-old girl who was abducted in a truck from her Fresno home. When Perez saw the truck, he drove his own vehicle in front of it, stopping the driver. The perpetrator pushed the child out of his truck and sped away. The California Highway Patrol later apprehended the perpetrator. The girl was reunited with her family.
The AMBER Alert system began in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas broadcasters teamed with local police to develop an early warning system to help find abducted children. The system was created in memory of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas who was abducted while riding her bicycle and later found murdered. AMBER Alerts are emergency messages broadcast when a law enforcement agency determines that a child has been abducted and is in imminent danger. For more information about the AMBER Alert program, visit amberalert.gov.
The symposium continues through Thursday, November 18, at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix, 122 North Second Street, Phoenix, AZ.
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), headed by Assistant Attorney General Laurie O. Robinson, provides federal leadership in developing the nation's capacity to prevent and control crime, administer justice, and assist victims. OJP has seven bureaus and offices: the Bureau of Justice Assistance; the Bureau of Justice Statistics; the National Institute of Justice; the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; the Office for Victims of Crime; the Community Capacity Development Office, and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART). More information about OJP and its components can be found at http://www.ojp.gov .
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SOURCE Office of Justice Programs
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Posted: Jan 12, 2011 6:52 AM EST Updated: Jan 12, 2011 6:52 AM EST
Facebook is hoping to use its popularity to help find missing kids.
USA Today is reporting that the social website is teaming up with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Department of Justice.
It will create Amber Alert pages for every state, plus D-C, Puerto Rico and the U-S Virgin Islands.
Officials say Facebook users will be able to opt-in to receive posts about Amber Alerts in their area.
An announcement is expected today.
The 'Amber Alert' is named after Amber Hagerman who was abducted and murdered in 1996 in her hometown of Arlington, Texas.
Facebook to offer Amber Alerts
Posted: Jan 12, 2011 6:52 AM EST Updated: Jan 12, 2011 6:52 AM EST
Facebook is hoping to use its popularity to help find missing kids.
USA Today is reporting that the social website is teaming up with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Department of Justice.
It will create Amber Alert pages for every state, plus D-C, Puerto Rico and the U-S Virgin Islands.
Officials say Facebook users will be able to opt-in to receive posts about Amber Alerts in their area.
An announcement is expected today.
The 'Amber Alert' is named after Amber Hagerman who was abducted and murdered in 1996 in her hometown of Arlington, Texas.
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Facebook teams with agencies for AMBER Alert pages
January 12, 2011 By Andrew Seaman, Special for USA TODAY
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the Department of Justice are teaming with Facebook to create AMBER Alert pages to help in the search for missing children.
Andrew Noyes, manager of public policy communications at Facebook, says there will be a page for each state, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The announcement is planned today in Alexandria, Va.
"I think it's really a logical and exciting use of the medium," said Ernie Allen, president of the center for missing children.
"It's one more avenue to reach the public and reach the younger generation," added Laurie Robinson, assistant attorney general in the Office of Justice Programs for the Department of Justice and the national coordinator of the AMBER Alert program.
Facebook users will be able to opt-in to receive posts in their news feed when an AMBER Alert is issued in their area, Noyes says.
"It's targeted geographically," Allen stresses. "You're not going to be inundated with them."
The Dallas/Fort Worth Association of Radio Managers and local law enforcement created the first local AMBER Alert plan in 1997, according to the center for missing children. There are 120 AMBER Alert plans across the U.S. and others worldwide.
Each state or territory's AMBER Alert coordinator initiates the alert through the Emergency Alert System, and then the center issues secondary alerts, such as messages on billboards, mobile phones and now, the new Facebook pages, Allen says.
From 2005 to 2009, 98.5% of the AMBER Alerts cases have been resolved, he says.
Facebook already has similar pages in four Canadian provinces, Noyes says.
The launch of the AMBER Alert pages comes at the 15th anniversary of the disappearance of the program's 9-year-old namesake, Amber Hagerman, Allen said. Amber was kidnapped Jan. 13, 1996, in Arlington, Texas.
Facebook teams with agencies for AMBER Alert pages
January 12, 2011 By Andrew Seaman, Special for USA TODAY
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the Department of Justice are teaming with Facebook to create AMBER Alert pages to help in the search for missing children.
Andrew Noyes, manager of public policy communications at Facebook, says there will be a page for each state, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The announcement is planned today in Alexandria, Va.
"I think it's really a logical and exciting use of the medium," said Ernie Allen, president of the center for missing children.
"It's one more avenue to reach the public and reach the younger generation," added Laurie Robinson, assistant attorney general in the Office of Justice Programs for the Department of Justice and the national coordinator of the AMBER Alert program.
Facebook users will be able to opt-in to receive posts in their news feed when an AMBER Alert is issued in their area, Noyes says.
"It's targeted geographically," Allen stresses. "You're not going to be inundated with them."
The Dallas/Fort Worth Association of Radio Managers and local law enforcement created the first local AMBER Alert plan in 1997, according to the center for missing children. There are 120 AMBER Alert plans across the U.S. and others worldwide.
Each state or territory's AMBER Alert coordinator initiates the alert through the Emergency Alert System, and then the center issues secondary alerts, such as messages on billboards, mobile phones and now, the new Facebook pages, Allen says.
From 2005 to 2009, 98.5% of the AMBER Alerts cases have been resolved, he says.
Facebook already has similar pages in four Canadian provinces, Noyes says.
The launch of the AMBER Alert pages comes at the 15th anniversary of the disappearance of the program's 9-year-old namesake, Amber Hagerman, Allen said. Amber was kidnapped Jan. 13, 1996, in Arlington, Texas.
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