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...Amber Alert system begin? The Amber Alert system originated in Arlington, Texas after the 1996 abduction and murder of nine-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was taken while riding her bicycle outside her family's home. Time is a critical factor in abduction cases: Seventy-four percent of children who are murdered by their kidnappers are killed within three hours of being taken. And so, after Hagerman's death, the Dallas/Fort Worth Association of Radio Managers proposed a method of quickly alerting the public, media and police when a child was kidnapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amber Alert: Does It Work? | 3/13/2003 | See Source »

...does the Alert system work? Alerts are sent out via the Emergency Alert System (or Emergency Broadcast System, originally designed to disperse information after a nuclear attack) to law enforcement agencies and radio and television stations. The announcements are prefaced by a special "Abducted Child Statement" code, to differentiate them from tornado or flood warnings. Some states also use large traffic alert signs on their highways, especially when the suspect is believed to have access...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amber Alert: Does It Work? | 3/13/2003 | See Source »

...Does the Alert system work? While everyone agrees there is room for improving particular components of the Alert program (including shrinking the time lapse between discovering a child is missing and issuing an Alert), the system has led to at least 23 recoveries in the past six years, and those rates are expected to rise as more states sign on. Not everyone is a fan: some critics wonder whether system provides enough safeguards against mistakes, and also worry that involving the public will lead to vigilantism. Others believe that if the system is misused, or if it issues false alarms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amber Alert: Does It Work? | 3/13/2003 | See Source »

...When is an Amber Alert issued? While each locality determines its own parameters for issuing an Amber Alert, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) offers these guidelines: law enforcement confirms a child has been abducted law enforcement believes the circumstances surrounding the abduction indicate that the child is in danger of serious bodily harm or death there is enough descriptive information about the child, abductor, and/or suspect1s vehicle to believe an immediate broadcast alert will help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amber Alert: Does It Work? | 3/13/2003 | See Source »

...Where is the Alert system used? Currently, 15 states use Amber Alerts; two of those programs were implemented within the past two months. Forty-nine variations on the Alert system are in use across the country, and the Canadian government is considering a similar program. The system operates primarily in densely-populated metropolitan areas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amber Alert: Does It Work? | 3/13/2003 | See Source »

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