Amber Alert

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An Amber Alert is a system used jointly by the media and law enforcement agencies, to make urgent announcements about missing or kidnapped children within hours of their disappearance. This paper examines the history of the Amber Alert and shows how it has successfully allowed Texan authorities to retrieve abducted children.

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"While it is possible that the Chavez infant would have been returned to her mother safely, since the people who knew the abductor were skeptical about Roach's claim that the child was her own, the issuance of an Amber Alert made it both more likely that the infant would be found safe and that people would know to report their suspicions. As soon as someone called about Roach's new "daughter," the information was fed into the Amber Alert System. Since it was issued on a statewide basis and because the Amber Alert system gives such cases the prominence and urgency they need, the law enforcement officers in Quanah realized that this baby might be Nancy Chavez."

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