AMBER Advocate › Topics › Operations and Structure – Current Status and Future Needs › LPR Data for AMBER Alerts › Reply To: LPR Data for AMBER Alerts
I think this is a great idea, yesterday, New Mexico issued an Amber Alert and one of our Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers who works Criminal Interdiction Patrol has access to an LPR database, he noticed the vehicle had passed an LPR on Interstate 40 in the Texas panhandle traveling east toward Oklahoma.
The NM Amber mentioned the abductor having ties to Oklahoma City/Edmond, the OHP trooper worked with Texas authorities and within one hour the car was located and the child and abductor were in the possession of Texas law enforcement.
I want to know more about how we (Amber Alert Coordinators) can partner with LPR systems to get tags into their systems within moments of authorizing an Amber Alert.
Does anyone have any ideas or thoughts?