Amber Alerts Go Broadband?

“The Amber Alert Network was developed in Arizona. This new portal technology moves the current Amber Alert system from its existing forty-year old antiquated radio signal model to the instant messaging/high tech world of the Web. With a single key stroke, Amber Alert enables a law enforcement officer to send relevant information to every stakeholder including government and other law enforcement agencies, broadcasters, Department of Transportation highway signs, Corrections Officers, Probation Officers, Border Patrol and dozens of other alerting organizations and agencies.”

Get serious for a minute. The Amber Alert System has been instrumental in recovering many abducted children. It’s probably one of the best methods anyone’s come up with to keep the information in real time. By moving it over to the Internet (in 15+ states so far) it gets even realer. Better still, you can sign up to the system to receive Amber Alerts via your pager, cell phone, or e-mail. (One small possible flaw: Can child abductors sign on and keep alerted to the police’s information?)

Props go to E2C, in Scottsdale, Arizona, for heading up the development. Let’s get the 35 or so states that are not yet in the loop up and running.