Stations may choose from the following resources. There are times during the day that we do not have personnel at the station. How can we broadcast an Amber Alert during those times? Your EAS receiver is programmable to automatically interrupt your on-the-air programming. We suggest you use this process. What should the station tell a citizen that calls to report the citing of the possible abductor during an active Amber Alert?
The first few hours are the most crucial. Under normal circumstances, the Amber Alert should be considered complete 5 hours after the initial EAS activation. The two exceptions to this rule would be if the ISP receive enough new or updated information to issue a new EAS activation. The process starts over from that time. The other exception would occur if the State Police were to determine that conditions warranted an early termination, stations would be notified through the previously outlined channels, including an EAS CAE Child Abduction Event notification.
Under normal circumstances the Amber Alert would be considered completed within 5 hours after the initial EAS activation. There are two exceptions to this rule:.
Find an IN. The child must be believed to be abducted, and in danger of serious bodily harm or death. There must be enough descriptive information to believe the broadcast will help.
Step 1 - Local Law Enforcement Investigates When a parent or caregiver calls local law enforcement to report their missing child, the law enforcement agency must first investigate the case and determine if the criteria warrant a request for an AMBER Alert. According to North Carolina law, an AMBER Alert can only be issued if all of the following criteria are met: the child is 17 years or younger the child is believed to have been abducted the child was not taken by a parent unless the child is in danger the child is not believed to be a runaway or voluntarily missing the abduction was reported to and investigated by a law enforcement agency.
Share this page: Facebook Twitter. How can we make this page better for you? Back to top. The law enforcement agency believes the missing child has been abducted. The law enforcement agency believes the child is in danger of serious bodily harm or death. The law enforcement agency has conducted an investigation that has verified that an abduction has taken place or ruled out alternative explanations.
Sufficient information is available to distribute to the public that could assist in locating the abducted child, suspect, or the vehicle used in the abduction.
Missing persons 18 years of age or older with intellectual disabilities may qualify for an Endangered Missing Persons Alert issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Missing adults 65 years of age or older with a diagnosed impaired mental condition may qualify for a Silver Alert issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Learn more about the Houston Regional Amber Alert.
If your agency feels an abducted child has been taken from, or may be located in, the Greater Houston area, this is the appropriate Amber Alert to issue.
Make sure you have all the information needed to issue the Amber Alert handy, including physical description of both the victim and suspect, a vehicle description if possible, and photos. Contact our Amber Alert Coordinator at or support tcftm. Once the Amber Alert is issued regionally, a text message will be distributed by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. You may request alert reissuance in surrounding regions or statewide, as well as additional local abduction response resources.
TCM can also serve as a media liaison or consultant upon request.
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