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 ...

Native Americans are increasingly responsible for emergency management systems when a natural disaster hits a tribal ...

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 ...

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… ...

Emergency alert messages are either welcomed during times of crisis or criticized as mistakes when errors happen. While localized alerts, such as weather alerts and Amber Alerts, are recognized as ...

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 ...

Since 2010, more than 250,000 reports of missing children have been filed in Ohio, but just 134 Amber Alerts have been issued — an average of nine per year (or 0.05%).

Named in her honor, the AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response. We've taught kids to fear shootings. But lost sight of how uncommon they are.

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

An AMBER alert was issued for a 6-month baby and 23-year-old mother after police said a Fall River man kidnapped them in 2022. And two children were found safe after an AMBER alert was issued in ...