Everyone knows the startling tone of an Amber Alert.. When a person is missing and in danger, police have a few options. So what's the difference? Amber and Silver Alerts are activated by the ...

Emergency Alerts: Balancing Community Safety in Crisis Situations Sept. 7, 2023 Emergency alerts can be invaluable and have proven efficient at the county and local level.

Seventy-four percent of children who are kidnapped and later found murdered are killed within the first three hours after being taken, and 99 percent are killed within the first 24 hours. That ...

Purple Alerts engage the public in the search for the missing person and provide a standardized and coordinated community response. Mississippi alerts. Amber Alert: Mississippi issues an Amber ...

An Amber Alert to warn of active shooters could help save lives ... An event that scars a community, ... Named in her honor, the AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response.

Thanks to the creation of the AMBER Alert 20 years ago this month, the California Highway Patrol, in partnership with numerous agencies and the public, have since helped to reunite 376 missing kids… ...

The search for 9-year-old Melina Galanis Frattolin, abducted from Lake George, NY, on July 19, 2025, ended tragically with ...

When a child is reported missing in Ohio, the broader, general public is rarely notified. More than 17,000 reports of missing children were filed in Ohio in 2023, but only 13 Amber Alerts were ...

When a child is reported missing in Ohio, the broader, general public is rarely notified. More than 17,000 reports of missing children were filed in Ohio in 2023, but only 13 Amber Alerts were ...