AMBER Alerts are only used for the most serious child abduction cases, when authorities believe a child is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death. There must be sufficient descriptive information of child, captor, or captor's vehicle to issue an alert. . AMBER is a backronym standing for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response. An Amber Alert is a notice to the community about a child who has potentially been kidnapped. AMBER plans require law enforcement to confirm an abduction prior to issuing an alert. Most AMBER plans call for activation of the alert for children under a certain age. This was realized on May 25, 2010, with the nationwide launch of the Child Rescue Alert, based on the AMBER Alert system. ad. Overuse of AMBER Alert could result in the public becoming desensitized to Alerts when they are issued. //-->
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