College Station, Texas, Assistant Police Chief Charles “Chuck” Fleeger was honored for his work to help missing and abducted children when he retired after serving with the agency since 1989. The U.S. Department of Justice honored Fleeger as the AMBER Alert Coordinator of the Year in 2010. Fleeger is leaving to direct the nonprofit AMBER Alert Network of the Brazos Valley and will continue teaching and consulting on issues concerning missing and exploited children.

The Brazos Valley AMBER Alert Network in College Station, Texas, formed a new committee to identify resources needed for missing children in the community. An average of 330 children in the Brazos Valley are reported missing each year. “The numbers are telling us we have a problem,” said College Station Police Assistant Chief Chuck Fleeger. “Now is the time to address it.”