Amber Alerts and Code Adam Alerts By Aaron Larson An Amber Alert
is a notice to motorists about a child who has potentially been
kidnapped. Notices are distirubed by television, radio, the
Internet, and highway signs, to notify the public when a child
is abducted. Some people will also receive notices through their
pagers or cellular phones. An Amber Alert notice provides
details about the abducted child and, when possible, information
about a suspect's vehicle. The Amber Alert system is named after
Amber Hagerman, a nine-year-old Texas girl who was kidnapped in
1996, while riding her bicycle in her neighborhood. Four days
later, she was found dead. "AMBER" is now an acronym for
"America's Missing Broadcast Emergency Response". The advantage
of the Code Amber system is that shortly after a suspected
kidnapping, thousands of motorists will be on notice with
information about the suspect, and can notify the police with
their observations of any suspicious vehicles or activity. As
more than seventy percent of ch