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AMBER Alerts to Go Up on Facebook
by TomTerrific0420 Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:33 pm
]ALEXANDRIA, VA.:
AMBER Alerts will soon become available on Facebook.
Users of the social media platform will be able to sign up for AMBER
Alerts in their state/region, according to the National Center for Missing
& Exploited Children. Details will be forthcoming Wednesday, when the group holds on the initiative.
The presser is being held the day before the 15th anniversary of the abduction
of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas. A neighbor heard her scream
and saw a man pull her off her bike, throw her into the front seat of his
pickup truck and drive away. Local radio and television stations covered the
story, but her body later was found in a drainage ditch four miles away.
Amber Hagerman’s kidnapping and murder still remain unsolved, but the incident
launched the creation of the national notification system that bears her name. America’s
Missing Broadcast Emergency Response--AMBER Alerts--have been credited with the
recovery of at least 525 children since the program was started in 1997. A
recent child abduction in Fresno, Calif., was foiled when a man who’d seen an AMBER
Alert chased down the suspect's vehicle. The driver was arrested. (See “Man Rescues Abducted
Child After Seeing AMBER Alert.”) There are now 120 AMBER Alert plans
across the country and others in France, England, Canada, Greece and Portugal.
Presser participants will include Laurie Robinson, assistant attorney general
for the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs and National AMBER
coordinator; Ernie Allen, president and CEO of the National Center for Missing
& Exploited Children; Chris Sonderby, lead security and investigations counsel
for Facebook; and Col. Steven Flaherty, superintendent of the Virginia State
Police.
AMBER Alerts will soon become available on Facebook.
Users of the social media platform will be able to sign up for AMBER
Alerts in their state/region, according to the National Center for Missing
& Exploited Children. Details will be forthcoming Wednesday, when the group holds on the initiative.
The presser is being held the day before the 15th anniversary of the abduction
of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas. A neighbor heard her scream
and saw a man pull her off her bike, throw her into the front seat of his
pickup truck and drive away. Local radio and television stations covered the
story, but her body later was found in a drainage ditch four miles away.
Amber Hagerman’s kidnapping and murder still remain unsolved, but the incident
launched the creation of the national notification system that bears her name. America’s
Missing Broadcast Emergency Response--AMBER Alerts--have been credited with the
recovery of at least 525 children since the program was started in 1997. A
recent child abduction in Fresno, Calif., was foiled when a man who’d seen an AMBER
Alert chased down the suspect's vehicle. The driver was arrested. (See “Man Rescues Abducted
Child After Seeing AMBER Alert.”) There are now 120 AMBER Alert plans
across the country and others in France, England, Canada, Greece and Portugal.
Presser participants will include Laurie Robinson, assistant attorney general
for the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs and National AMBER
coordinator; Ernie Allen, president and CEO of the National Center for Missing
& Exploited Children; Chris Sonderby, lead security and investigations counsel
for Facebook; and Col. Steven Flaherty, superintendent of the Virginia State
Police.
TomTerrific0420- Supreme Commander of the Universe With Cape AND Tights AND Fancy Headgear
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Re: AMBER Alerts to Go Up on Facebook
by TomTerrific0420 Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:34 pm
AMBER Alerts are now available on Facebook. As of today, individual pages for the 50 states, Puerto Rico,
the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia have been created so that
Facebook users might subscribe to regional alerts via the site’s news feed feature.
The initiative was announced Jan. 3. AMBER Alert officials note that more than
500 million people use Facebook. Around 800,000 children are reported missing
every year. The AMBER Alert program was born of a voluntary partnership between
broadcasters and law enforcement agencies. The program is credited with the
recovery of at least 525 abducted children since it was launched in 1997.
The AMBER Alert Facebook page with links to the 53 regional pages is at http://on.fb.me/AMBERalertFB.
the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia have been created so that
Facebook users might subscribe to regional alerts via the site’s news feed feature.
The initiative was announced Jan. 3. AMBER Alert officials note that more than
500 million people use Facebook. Around 800,000 children are reported missing
every year. The AMBER Alert program was born of a voluntary partnership between
broadcasters and law enforcement agencies. The program is credited with the
recovery of at least 525 abducted children since it was launched in 1997.
The AMBER Alert Facebook page with links to the 53 regional pages is at http://on.fb.me/AMBERalertFB.
TomTerrific0420- Supreme Commander of the Universe With Cape AND Tights AND Fancy Headgear
- Job/hobbies : Searching for Truth and Justice
Re: AMBER Alerts to Go Up on Facebook
by admin Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:56 pm
I'm so thankful they are finally using the FB platform for such a great cause. And I love that they started it on my birthday! :-)
admin- Admin
Re: AMBER Alerts to Go Up on Facebook
by ShellieClark128 Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:47 pm
Great post Tom! Thanks!
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