Amber Alert History
Cae is a message distributed by a child abduction alert system to ask the public for help in finding abducted children.
Amber alert history. Broadcast emergency response is the namesake of amber hagerman. A history of the national initiative the amber alert system began in dallas fort worth when broadcasters teamed with local police to develop an early warning system to help find abducted children. On the night of january 13 1996 amber and her brother were riding their bicycles in a parking lot in downtown arlington texas. Broadcast emergency response the alert was named after amber hagerman a 9 year old girl abducted and.
1 after being gone for only 8 minutes amber was abducted by an unknown individual. An amber alert also amber alert or a child abduction emergency alert same code. The amber alert system or america s missing. The acronym was created as a legacy to 9 year old amber hagerman.
It originated in the united states in 1996. Amer stands for america s missing.