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Amber Alert
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AmĀ·ber Alert (mbr)
n.
A message that conveys information about a recently missing or abducted person, usually displayed on electronic signs positioned along roadways and broadcast by mass media, intended to enlist the public's help in finding the abducted person and often in catching the abductor.

[After Amber Hagerman (1987-1996), American child kidnapped and murdered in Texas.]


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Two years ago, the federal Protect Act was passed to help coordinate the 50 state AMBER plans.
The AMBER Plan, which stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response, was established in response to the 1996 abduction and murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman in Arlington, Texas.
There are gaps in the Amber plan coverage which must be filled.
 
 
 
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