Green Bay Uses New Messaging Service for AMBER Alerts
Green Bay, Wisconsin, is now using a "Twitter-like" system to send AMBER Alerts. Officials plan to use Nixle to send information about AMBER Alerts, fires,...
AMBER Advocate Magazine
Issue 14
The August 2010 edition of The AMBER Advocate, titled the “Missing Children’s Day Edition,” highlights the commemoration of National Missing Children’s Day on May 25, 2010. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder honors law enforcement officers and citizens in Washington, D.C., for their efforts in recovering missing children. The publication features stories on the history of National Missing Children’s Day, which began with the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz, and the use of AMBER Alert training to help solve a 1996 child homicide case in Oregon. It also covers a high-profile child abduction in Orange Park, Florida, where a Child Abduction Response Team (CART) plays a key role in solving the case. A profile on Bob Hoever, associate director at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), highlights his extensive contributions to AMBER Alert training. International efforts by France, Belgium, and the United Kingdom to establish cross-border alerts are also discussed, along with a symposium focused on child protection in Indian Country.
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AMBER Alert in Indian Country
An unprecedented gathering of more than 175 Tribal representatives from 54 Tribes and 20 states took place in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, to develop a multiagency approach to protecting Native American children. The National Symposium on Child Protection in Indian Country was held March 9-11, 2010, to confront faltering graduation rates and increased incidents of suicide, rape, child abuse, and abduction.
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Training Pays Off
Detectives say the AMBER Alert training they received played a pivotal role in making an arrest in an Oregon child homicide case that happened nearly 14 years ago. The Jackson County, Oregon, Sheriff’s Office arrested William Frank Simmons on April 7, 2010, for the November 1996 murder of Kaelin Rose Glazier.
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