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AMBER Alert

AMBER Alert. Review of AMBER Alert. Started in 1996 in Texas Begun in Alberta in December 2002 Purpose to enable the general public to help police. Criteria. Confirmation that a child, or an adult with a proven mental or physical disability, has been abducted;

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AMBER Alert

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  1. AMBER Alert

  2. Review of AMBER Alert • Started in 1996 in Texas • Begun in Alberta in December 2002 • Purpose to enable the general public to help police

  3. Criteria • Confirmation that a child, or an adult with a proven mental or physical disability, has been abducted; • Police believe that the child or adult with a proven mental or physical disability is in danger of serious harm or death; • There is enough descriptive information about the child or adult with a proven mental or physical disability, abductor and mode of transportation to enable the public to identify these elements; and • The alert can be issued soon enough that there would be a reasonable expectation that the abductee could be returned, or the abductor apprehended

  4. Activations • Seven activations to date • December 5, 2003 • March 30, 2004 • February 26, 2006 • April 22, 2006 • July 20, 2006 • July 7, 2007 • November 14, 2007

  5. Police Services Media AB Emergency Management Agency and EPWS CKUA AB Infrastructure & Transportation Canada Border Service Agency AB Solicitor General & Public Security Partners

  6. Interjurisdictional Alerts • New National Protocol • Interjurisdictional activations • Alberta specific concerns

  7. Questions? • For further information contact: • Wendy ChrapkoSpecialized Policing Analyst780-427-3287wendy.chrapko@gov.ab.ca • Tim Riordan RaaflaubManager, Policing Programs780-422-3463tim.raaflaub@gov.ab.ca

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