Nona,
Have you read the AMBER Alert Best Practices Guide since it was released a year ago or so? It would help broaden the understanding on “why” some agencies do things a certain way. Kansas’ AMBER Alert is an unfunded legislative mandate, so I am acutely familiar with shoe string operations and making minimum staff work. Some states have lots of people and $$$, so their solutions wont be your solutions. AMBER for every state is run differently, but I would hazard a guess that the level of risk / liability is not well-understood by the management team involved in NC AMBER. I can say that since I am in management. 🙂
Like Ben from TX, the actual mechanical ways of improving your operations will be reliant on how your system and agency function, and you would be best served to have a handful of online meetings or phone calls with a variety of states, especially your neighbors. Feel free to add me to the dance if you want to discuss.
Special Agent in Charge William Smith
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913-231-8703 direct