AMBER Advocate Magazine

Issue 48

This issue covers the 2021 National AMBER Alert and AMBER in Indian Country Virtual Symposium, the first combined event of its kind, where Nacole Svendgard shares her daughter Jessica’s story of surviving sex trafficking and highlights the impact of trauma bonding. Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald presents the Jayme Closs case, stressing the need for crisis preparedness, while retired Texas Detective Mark Simpson is honored for two decades of AMBER Alert leadership. The symposium addresses the Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act and the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women. A Connecticut AMBER Alert leads to the rescue of a four-year-old child with autism in just 60 minutes, and Florida’s Jon Roddenberry discusses the success of Enhanced Missing Child Alerts. NCMEC announces mobile-friendly updates to missing child posters with QR codes. Internationally, AMBER Alert Europe launches the #CheckBeforeYouChat campaign on TikTok to educate teens about online grooming.

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