AMBER Advocate Magazine

Issue 03

This issue opens with the 2007 National Missing Children’s Day ceremony in Washington D.C., where abduction survivor Tamara Brooks and U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales speak, and 17 heroes are honored for their efforts, including coordinators like Paul Murphy and original Amber Hagerman investigator Mark Simpson. The U.S. Department of Justice releases a new guide, «What About Me? Coping With the Abduction of a Brother or Sister,» which is written by siblings of victims to offer support to other children facing similar trauma. A crucial front-line story details how an AMBER Alert saves a six-year-old girl in Maricopa, Arizona, after the suspect, a registered sex offender, abandons her in the desert upon hearing the alert broadcast on the radio. Finally, collaboration efforts advance as Manitoba, Minnesota, and North Dakota sign an MOU for cross-border cooperation on AMBER Alerts, and a feature highlights the use of Ham Radio (RACES) in Orange County, California, as a new tool for instantly disseminating alert information to ground volunteers.

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