What does "Amber Alert" mean?

In the United States and Canada, the Amber Alert is an alert notice issued to the public through various media when a child abduction case is confirmed in China. "AMBER" is the abbreviation of "Missing America: Broadcast Emergency Response". It is also named after a nine-year-old girl named Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped and killed in Arlington, Texas, USA on 1996.

In Georgia, it is called "Levi's Call". In some states, such projects are named after local missing children. Amber alert will be released to the whole country through the American Emergency Alert System (EAS), commercial radio stations, satellite radio stations, TV stations and cable TV stations, and will be released by e-mail, electronic traffic signals and short messages from wireless devices. The amber alert was issued by the police agency responsible for investigating the kidnapping case. The contents of the amber alert released to the public usually include the description of the kidnapped person, the description of the kidnapping suspect and the description of the kidnapper's vehicle and license plate number.

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Thanks to the joint efforts of China police and internet companies, a high-tech system to help find missing children was put into use on Sunday.

On Sunday (May 15), a high-tech platform jointly launched by China police and Internet companies to find missing children was officially launched. China police, who handle cases of missing children, first release information on the internal system, including photos and physical characteristics. This information can then be published on Sina Weibo.

The police in charge of the case of missing children now publish photos and physical characteristics of the missing children on the internal network, and then the information will be published to Sina Weibo.

The abduction police input the information of missing children and suspects. Information emergency system for missing children used by public security system. After clicking "Publish", the information will be pushed to social networks in real time and accurately.

Information about the missing children and suspects was broadcast within one hour to the area 100 km away from the missing place of children, with the missing place as the center. Within 2 hours of disappearance, the push radius is 200 kilometers; Within 3 hours of disappearance, the push radius is 300 kilometers; If a child is missing for more than three hours, the scope will be expanded to more than 500 kilometers.

At present, the information of missing children can be pushed through Weibo and map software. Users near the missing place of children can receive push messages on their mobile phones, and users of other mobile applications will also receive push messages from missing children in the future. Amber alert, the release system for missing children in the United States.

1996 65438+1October 13, in Arlington, Texas, USA, Amber Haagman, a 9-year-old girl, was forcibly taken away by a man near her home. Four days later, amber's body was found by a stream a few kilometers away. Many people have raised questions: After the child disappeared, why didn't the police cooperate with the media at the first time and issue an early warning for missing children like a hurricane warning? Inspired by this idea, a huge system "America Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response (AMBER)" which is connected with the American Emergency Alert System (EAS) and releases the information of missing children to the whole country through radio, television, e-mail, traffic tips, short messages and other channels was launched.

Once a child is missing, EAS can be used to release information through radio, TV stations, electronic traffic signs, text messages and social networking sites after being confirmed by the police. A standard amber alert notice usually includes three elements: the physical characteristics of the suspect and the missing child, the model and license plate number of the car, and the contact number of the law enforcement department.

After the amber alert was issued, the person who received the alert became the eyes of the police, which greatly strengthened the scope and intensity of the search. Since 1996, amber alert has rescued at least 670 missing children, and the recovery rate of missing children in the United States has increased from 62% in 1990 to more than 95% today.