The Amber Plan is a voluntary, cooperative partnership between law-enforcement agencies and broadcasters to send an emergency alert to the public when a child has been abducted and it is believed that the child’s life is in grave danger.

Under the Amber Alert plan, area radio and television stations interrupt programming to broadcast information about the missing child and the suspected abductor using the Emergency Alert System, formerly known as the Emergency Broadcast System.

 

The purpose of the Amber Plan is to provide a rapid response to the most serious child abduction cases.  When an alert is activated, law enforcement agencies immediately gain the assistance of thousands of broadcast listeners and viewers throughout the area.  The plan relies on galvanizing the  community to help safely recover the abducted child.  It is hoped that this early warning system will not only coerce a kidnapper into releasing the child for fear of being arrested, but also deter the person from committing the crime in the first place.

 

The Snoqualmie Police  Department is now a participant in the Amber Alert Plan.  You can click on http://www.wsab.org/eas/eas_tab26.html to learn more about this program.  Hopefully, it will never be necessary for us to initiate an alert.