AMBER Alert

The Office of Justice Programs has announced the publication of OJJDP's updated "AMBER Alert Best Practices" guide. This resource provides a "what works" approach to responding to cases of missing or abducted children at the state and regional levels. "Protecting children—especially those whose lives are in imminent danger—is fundamental to the mission of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention," said OJJDP...

OJJDP has released the fall 2017 issue of The AMBER Advocate newsletter. This issue features articles on:

• The death of Ashlynne Mike and the establishment of the Navajo Nation AMBER Alert system.
• Faces of the AMBER Alert Network.
• The role AMBER Alert played in a Florida child's recovery.
• AMBER Alert training. AMBER Alert international news.
• AMBER Alert in Indian Country.
• AMBER Alert briefs.

The U.S...

OJJDP has released the spring 2017 issue of The AMBER Advocate newsletter. This issue features articles on:

• A 2014 study on sex trafficking in Las Vegas that found that more than half of underage victims were never reported missing.
• Faces of the AMBER Alert Network.
• The role AMBER Alert played in a Maryland infant recovery.
• AMBER Alert International.
• AMBER Alert in Indian Country.
• AMBER Alert...

The Fox Valley Technical College AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program will host the AMBER Alert in Indian Country: Child Protection Symposium on June 1-2, 2017, in Bismarck, ND. This event will address child protection issues in Indian Country, including child exploitation, human trafficking, and endangered and abducted children. Participants will learn how to identify AMBER Alert best practices for their community, gather resources to...