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| − | '''AMBER Alert''' stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response. A government hotline to recover and protect children. The system | + | '''AMBER Alert''' stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response. A government hotline to recover and protect missing persons, predominantly children. The system originated in 1996. Alerts are sent by [[law enforcement]] to commercial radio stations, Internet radio, satellite radio, local [[television]] stations, cable TV by the [[Emergency Alert]], cell phone text/SMS/email and electronic billboards. |
The service was named for Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old abducted and murdered in Arlington, [[Texas]]. | The service was named for Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old abducted and murdered in Arlington, [[Texas]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 02:39, June 28, 2016
AMBER Alert stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response. A government hotline to recover and protect missing persons, predominantly children. The system originated in 1996. Alerts are sent by law enforcement to commercial radio stations, Internet radio, satellite radio, local television stations, cable TV by the Emergency Alert, cell phone text/SMS/email and electronic billboards.
The service was named for Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old abducted and murdered in Arlington, Texas.