AMBER Alert Program

Menu Home [/home] Amber Alerts Search for missing kids Test page Who We Are What We Do How You Can Help Resources Cancel Publications Media Blog Contact Global Network Amber Alerts Not Found Español WARNING: You must have javascript enabled in your browser in order to experience the full functionality of the Missing Kids website. Click on Browser Support for more information. NOTICE: Your browser may not be fully supported by this website. Please go to Browser Support for more information. DONATE AMBER ALERTS WHO WE ARE DONATE WHAT WE DO HOW YOU CAN HELP RESOURCES Follow us Resources • For Law Enforcement • AMBER Alerts For Law Enforcement Search for Missing Children Training Programs Team Adam Project ALERT AMBER Alerts Sex Offender Tracking Child Sex Trafficking Child Victim Identification Victim & Family Support For Families For Media Legal Resources Publications AMBER Alert Program The AMBER Alert Program is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, transportation agencies, and the wireless industry, to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases. The goal of an AMBER Alert is to instantly galvanize the entire community to assist in the search for and the safe recovery of the child. AMBER Alerts are broadcast through radio, television, road signs and all available technology referred to as the AMBER Alert Secondary Distribution Program. These broadcasts let law enforcement use the eyes and ears of the public to help quickly locate an abducted child. The U.S. Department of Justice coordinates the AMBER Alert program on a national basis. The AMBER Alert Program was named in honor of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman who was abducted while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas, and was later found murdered. The program is used in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Learn more about AMBER Alerts at www.amberalert.gov . Successful Recoveries: 702 Updated Aug. 12, 2014 Read AMBER Alert success stories at www.missingkids.com/AMBER/Success . How do I receive AMBER Alerts? When signing up for AMBER Alerts you will receive geographically targeted information to help identify an abducted child, a suspected abductor or a vehicle suspected to be involved in an abduction. Sign up at www.missingkids.com/AmberSignUp . For information about how AMBER Alerts are distributed to cell phones visit www.missingkids.com/AMBER/WEA. Resources State AMBER Alert Contacts Map of AMBER Alert Plans DOJ AMBER Alert Training AMBER Alert reports These reports present an analysis of AMBER Alert cases during the reporting year. The AMBER Alert cases may involve one or more children and be issued on a statewide, regional or local level. 2013 AMBER Alert Report 2012 AMBER Alert Report 2011 AMBER Alert Report 2010 AMBER Alert Report 2009 AMBER Alert Report 2008 AMBER Alert Report 2007 AMBER Alert Report 2006 AMBER Alert Report 2005 AMBER Alert Report International AMBER Alert programs Countries around the world followed the success of AMBER Alerts in the U.S. and created similar alert systems. Each country adapted the system to fit their own needs and requirements but the goal remains the same — use the eyes and ears of the public to help recover a child who is in immediate danger. Below is a list of countries with an alert program in place. This is not an exhaustive list and other countries may have similar programs in place. Location Area Implemented Name Australia Queensland Territory 2003 Child Abduction Alert Belgium National 2011 Child Alert Canada Each province has a program 2002 and 2003 AMBER Alert Czech Republic National 2009 Dítě v ohrožení France National 2006 Alert Enlèvement Greece National 2007 AMBER Alert Guatemala National 2010 Alba-Kenneth Alert Malaysia National 2007 Nurin Alert Mexico National 2011 Alerta AMBER Mexico Netherlands National 2008 AMBER Alert Portugal National 2009 Alerta de rapto de menores Romania National 2011 Alertă Răpire Copil South Korea National 2011 AMBER Alert Switzerland National 2010 Alert Enlèvement UK National 2006 Child Rescue Alert For more information about international AMBER Alert programs contact the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children ® at information@icmec.org or 703-837-6313. Contact Us Legal Information Site Search Careers Site Index Copyright © 2014 National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. All rights reserved. This Web site is funded, in part, through a grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, this Web site (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). Close