What is the AMBER Alert System?
The New York State AMBER Alert Plan is a voluntary partnership between law enforcement, broadcasters and others to immediately involve the public, especially motorists, in the search for an abducted child. The AMBER Alert System began in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth broadcasters teamed up 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 kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas, and then brutally murdered. Other states and communities soon instituted similar plans as the idea was adopted across the nation. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the U.S. Department of Justice assumed responsibility for co-ordination at the national level. • You may receive email New York State AMBER Alert notifications by subscribing at the following URL: http://www.nysamber.troopers.state.ny.us/Subs
AMBER Alert System is a rapid response to child abduction. It’s a rapid response recovery program that combines the resources of law enforcement, the media, and the public to recover a missing child. Now in its general terms, as each state has a different stipulation to exactly what age of a child is represented, but in its general terms it would be a child under eighteen years old that is kidnapped in front of witnesses whose life is believed to be endangered. The law enforcement can then share this information with the public so that the public can aid in recovery of that child.
