Amber stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. It's the legacy to Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old who was kidnapped and murdered in Texas.

Emergency alert messages are either welcomed during times of crisis or criticized as mistakes when errors happen. While localized alerts, such as weather alerts and Amber Alerts, are recognized as ...

Public safety alerts are less severe than imminent threat alerts. America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response (AMBER) Alerts are urgent bulletins issued in child abduction cases.

Native Americans are increasingly responsible for emergency management systems when a natural disaster hits a tribal ...

Seventy-four percent of children who are kidnapped and later found murdered are killed within the first three hours after being taken, and 99 percent are killed within the first 24 hours. That ...

Named in her honor, the AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response. We've taught kids to fear shootings. But lost sight of how uncommon they are.

Since 2010, more than 250,000 reports of missing children have been filed in Ohio, but just 134 Amber Alerts have been issued — an average of nine per year (or 0.05%).

Thanks to the creation of the AMBER Alert 20 years ago this month, the California Highway Patrol, in partnership with numerous agencies and the public, have since helped to reunite 376 missing kids… ...

Illinois' first America’s Missing Broadcast Emergency Response, or AMBER, Alert took place on November 26, 2002 in LaSalle, Illinois. The child was found safe by Chicago Police three days after ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — After the safe retrieval of a previously missing 18-month-old in Trotwood, a local park ranger is receiving some well-deserved recognition. An Amber Alert was issued jus… ...