FORMATION OF NEBRASKA'S AMBER PLAN:

In April of 2002, Nebraska Attorney General Don Stenberg brought together representatives of the law enforcement community and broadcasters to discuss the possibility of implementing a Nebraska AMBER Alert Plan.  Nebraska State Patrol personnel were involved from the start, helping to formulate Nebraska's AMBER plan.  The patrol also plays an important role in activating an alert if needed.  In Nebraska, alerts begin at the local level when a law enforcement agency responds to a child abduction that meets the Nebraska AMBER Plan criteria.  That agency contacts the Nebraska State Patrol Headquarters Troop Area Communication Center.  An AMBER Plan verification officer from the Patrol then confirms that the criteria are met and contacts Nebraska ETV to deliver the alert to broadcasters across the state through the Emergency Alert System (EAS).

NATIONAL AMBER ALERT INFORMATION:
The Amber Alert system is named after Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old Texas girl who was kidnapped and killed in 1996.  For more information about AMBER Alert systems nationwide, visit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children by clicking on AMBER nationwide