What does AMBER Alert Mean?
The AMBER Alert™ Program is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, transport agencies and broadcasters to spread the news, via television or internet, about the most recent child abductions. The goal of AMBER Alert is to quickly inform the community about these abduction cases so that the child’s chances of rescue increase by providing the local authorities with information about his/hers recent whereabouts.
Originating in 1996, Amber Alert is an emergency child abduction program. This emergency broadcast system is named after Amber Hagerman, a 9 year old girl abducted and murdered in Texas. This was the reason of this program’s creation. In US whenever a child is abducted this alert is distributed through various communication channels like radio, tv, internet etc. Text messages and emails can also be used for its propagation. Seeing its importance and its implications, social media platforms like Google and Facebook have also linked to it. Whenever a child is reported missing it starts sending alerts. It is also shown to people using map features. This can be very helpful in catching the criminals involved in abductions as timely information can be send. The world is also adopting this system. Recently Pakistan adopted a version of it and named it Zainab Alert after a girl named Zainab was raped and murdered.
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