| The Amber Alert System started in 1996 to help find | | | | Federal law requires every state has Amber Alert |
| abducted children. It all happened when Dallas-Fort | | | | technology in place. These systems are required to be |
| Worth broadcasters and the area police agencies | | | | uniform. Standardized for things like what triggers an |
| wanted to develop a system. They wanted to create | | | | alert. However according to an article released by The |
| an early warning system to aid and assist in finding | | | | Associated Press reveals a vast gap in what triggers |
| abducted children. | | | | an alert from state to state. |
| The name AMBER is the acronym for America's | | | | In the report they continue to say there are at least |
| Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response. It was given | | | | twelve states that will not issue the alert if it is phoned |
| this name in memory of nine-year-old Amber | | | | in by a parent in a custody battle. While other states |
| Hagerman. Amber was kidnapped and murdered while | | | | deem this to be sufficient reason to issue the alert. |
| out on a bike ride in Arlington, TX. As usual a good | | | | Something else in the article that may disturb you it |
| idea spreads quickly and pretty soon other states | | | | involves the same number of states twelve. Twelve |
| were setting up their own AMBER alerts as the | | | | state issue alerts for adults with mental or physical |
| sentiment for what happened swept across the nation. | | | | disabilities. The rest of the states reserve the alerts for |
| To make a long story short AMBER Alerts are | | | | children only. |
| supposed to be used when a child is missing or | | | | They went on to reveal some states make little or no |
| abducted. By getting as much info as possible over the | | | | effort to keep track of alerts they issue. This provides |
| airwaves they will have a better chance of saving the | | | | little help proving what's working and where they could |
| child. By relying on the public to be observant they | | | | use improvement. |
| hope to find the child. | | | | It's a shame the states haven't managed to work |
| The next few paragraphs may surprise you. Let me | | | | together and create a uniform standardized system. |
| share something with you. | | | | |