Definitions for amber alert
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1. amber alertnoun

   A public notification of a child abduction.

2. Etymology: After Amber Hagerman. The spelling in all caps indicates a backronym, America's Missing: Broadcasting Emergency Response.

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1. Amber alert

   An Amber Alert (alternatively styled AMBER alert) or a child abduction emergency alert (SAME code: CAE) is a message distributed by a child abduction alert system to ask the public for help in finding abducted children. The system originated in the United States.AMBER is a backronym standing for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response. It was created in reference to Amber Rene Hagerman, a girl who was abducted and later found murdered in 1996. Alternative regional alert names were once used; in Georgia, "Levi's Call" (in memory of Levi Frady); in Hawaii, "Maile Amber Alert" (in memory of Maile Gilbert); in Arkansas, "Morgan Nick Amber Alert" (in memory of Morgan Nick); and in Utah, "Rachael Alert" (in memory of Rachael Runyan). In the United States, Amber alerts are distributed via commercial and public radio stations, Internet radio, satellite radio, television stations, text messages, and cable TV by the Emergency Alert System and NOAA Weather Radio (where they are termed "Child Abduction Emergency" or "Amber Alerts"). The alerts are also issued via e-mail, electronic traffic-condition signs, commercial electronic billboards, or through wireless device SMS text messages. AMBER Alert has also teamed up with Google, Bing, and Facebook to relay information regarding an AMBER Alert to an ever-growing demographic: AMBER Alerts are automatically displayed if citizens search or use map features on Google or Bing. With the Google Child Alert (also called Google AMBER Alert in some countries), citizens see an AMBER Alert if they search for related information in a particular location where a child has recently been abducted and an alert was issued. This is a component of the AMBER Alert system that is already active in the US (there are also developments in Europe). Those interested in subscribing to receive AMBER Alerts in their area via SMS messages can visit Wireless Amber Alerts, which are offered by law as free messages. In some states, the display scrollboards in front of lottery terminals are also used. The decision to declare an AMBER Alert is made by each police organization (in many cases, the state police or highway patrol) that investigates each of the abductions. Public information in an AMBER Alert usually consists of the name and description of the abductee, a description of the suspected abductor, and a description and license plate number of the abductor's vehicle if available.

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1. AMBER Alert

   An AMBER Alert or a Child Abduction Emergency is a child abduction alert system originating in 1996, now employed in 9 countries. AMBER is officially a backronym for America's Missing: Broadcasting Emergency Response, named for Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old abducted and murdered in Arlington, Texas in 1996. Alternate regional alert names were once used; in Georgia, "Levi's Call"; in Hawaii, "Maile Amber Alert"; and Arkansas, "Morgan Nick Amber Alert". AMBER Alerts are distributed via commercial radio stations, Internet radio, satellite radio, television stations, and cable TV by the Emergency Alert System and NOAA Weather Radio. The alerts are also issued via e-mail, electronic traffic-condition signs, the LED billboards which are located outside of newer Walgreens locations, along with the LED/LCD signs of billboard companies such as Clear Channel Outdoor, CBS Outdoor and Lamar, or through wireless device SMS text messages. AMBER Alert has also teamed up with Google and Facebook to relay information regarding an AMBER Alert to an ever growing demographic.

How to pronounce amber alert?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of amber alert in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of amber alert in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of amber alert in a Sentence

1. John Tuong:

   I'm eating my breakfast, I'm checking my Facebook, all of a sudden I see this Amber Alert for this child, and it looks like this child in my bed, and I'm like, 'Oh my God! What's going on?'.

2. Chesterfield County Sheriff Jay Brooks:

   We canceled the Amber Alert because we don’t think there was a kidnapping.

3. The Citizen spokesperson:

   That's how technology innovation works, we have several tests happening right now, including our OnAir product which can be used many ways, including as an ultra Amber Alert where there is a fully immersive citywide search party to look for a missing child. This was used recently to return a lost autistic boy to his family in New York, while still in testing.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Amber_Alert
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Alert
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=amber alert