AMBER ALERT - U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE - OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
https://amberalert.ojp.gov/
The AMBER Alert System began in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth broadcasters teamed with local police to develop an early warning system to help find abducted children. AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response and was created as a legacy to 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnaped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, TX, and then brutally murdered. Other states and communities soon set up their own AMBER plans as the idea was adopted across the nation.
AMERICA'S MISSING: BROADCAST EMERGENCY RESPONSE ALERT
The National AMBER Alert coordinator is responsible for assisting state and local officials with developing and enhancing AMBER Alert plans, and promoting statewide and regional coordination among plans. The AMBER Alert coordinator is tasked to:
Facilitate AMBER Alert network development
Support development of state AMBER Alert plans and efforts
Help eliminate geographic gaps in AMBER Alert networks
Provide regional AMBER Alert network coordination
Establish guidance on criteria for issuing an AMBER Alert
The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs has asked the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to serve in a clearinghouse capacity for the AMBER Alert program and to aid in the dissemination of AMBER Alert information. Information on active AMBER Alerts is available on NCMEC's website
.Access listings of state AMBER Alert contacts:
State AMBER Alert Contacts on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s website.
State AMBER Alert Contacts on the AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program website. Find information for AMBER Alert Program Coordinators, Missing Person Clearinghouse Managers, and others who respond to incidents of endangered missing and abducted children.
For AMBER Alert program inquires for the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, contact amberalert@usdoj.gov.
Access State AMBER Alert Contacts.
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