NC DPS: AMBER Alert

AMBER stands for America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response. The acronym was derived in honor of Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped and killed in 1996. The third-grader was dragged, screaming, off her bicycle as she rode near her grandparents’ home in Arlington, Texas. Her body was found four days later in a creek. As a result of her death, Dallas broadcasters developed a local alert …

https://www.ncdps.gov/our-organization/law-enforcement/state-highway-patrol/missing-persons/amber-alert