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Can AMBER Alerts be issued across state and jurisdictional lines?

April 26, 2017Alerts amber issued Jurisdictional State

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Can AMBER Alerts be issued across state and jurisdictional lines?

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Yes. Many states have formal memorandums of understanding with other states and there are currently 28 regional plans. If law enforcement has reason to believe that the child has been taken across state lines, the AMBER state coordinator will ask that state to issue an alert. This happened when a boy from a Chicago suburb was abducted. Law enforcement had reason to believe the child was in Indiana and then taken to California. In both instances Indiana and California issued an alert at Illinois’ request. The child was recovered in California. Many states have informal agreements with other states to issue AMBER Alerts upon request.