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'''AMBER Alert''' stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response. A government hotline to recover and protect missing persons, predominantly children. The system orginated 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.
'''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]].