On Tuesday afternoon, cellphones across the state beeped with emergency tones as the Alaska State Troopers attempted to find 2-year-old Karma Brown, who briefly went missing in Fairbanks. (via AlaskaBeacon)
On Tuesday afternoon, cellphones across the state beeped with emergency tones as the Alaska State Troopers attempted to find 2-year-old Karma Brown, who briefly went missing in Fairbanks.
Brown was found safe within 40 minutes, but not before Alaskans from Adak to Metlakatla were alerted via the national Wireless Emergency Alert system. “The Amber Alert was deliberately sent statewide due to family connections of the suspect to multiple areas of the state. In most instances, Amber Alerts are sent within 300 miles of the location of the abduction,” said Austin McDaniel, communications director for the Alaska State Troopers. as a collaboration between police and broadcasters in Texas who were concerned about child kidnappings. It’s since expanded nationally.
Under federal law, cellphone companies may include Amber Alerts among the emergency alerts they send for free to customers. for the system, says coordinators “should carefully consider the time of day and area for which alerts are being activated.” That makes statewide warnings unusual, but not unheard of, particularly if a missing child is believed to be aboard a vehicle.
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