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Mon 19 Jul, 2004 09:32 am
Now we all can learn about abducted children right on the net. The new website will enable both law enforcement and everyday people to learn immediately about an abducted child, so as to help in those crucial few hours right after a child is taken. It will be a far more efficient system then was used in the past.
Quote:Amber Alerts are named for Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old abducted and killed in 1996 while riding her bicycle near her home in Arlington, Texas. To aid in her search, local police commandeered the area's emergency broadcast system, posting descriptions on radio and television.
Since then, the system has attempted to get messages out through several radio methods, including interactive highway signs and even state lottery machines. It has succeeded in recovering 137 abducted children since 1998, when the first safe recovery was recorded, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Speed is considered vital in recovering an abducted child. The Justice Department estimates that three of every four victims are killed within three hours of being taken.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-07-19-amber-alert_x.htm
What is the new website? It's not posted in the article.
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