Essay On Amber Alert

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Unit 1 Research Paper 1: Paradigm Shift “Amber Alert” When I ride down the highway, and I see a message on the Amber Alert board; I always say a quick prayer for whoever child may be missing. January 13, 1996 in Arlington, Texas a young girl, only nine years old named Amber Hagerman was abducted. She was snatch from her bike and four days later her body was discovered. Even though her killer was never caught, Amber has never been forgotten. In the same year of Amber’s abduction and murder, Dallas-Fort Worth broadcaster and the police got together and came up with an idea to early warn people when a child is abducted in the future, and this is when Amber Alert came into action. Amber Alert became essential to finding children. One…show more content…
With every missing child comes searches, and with a search is need for volunteers. So the National Center decided to team up with the cell phones services and companies. By doing this it increased the volunteer count by 182 million. My last impact I feel the Amber Alert made was how it started from Texas and then went worldwide. Not only is Amber Alert located on the highway signs but it also on the radio, televisions, and internet. Amber Alert is also able to be on your cell phone as well. Amber Alert is available so anyone and everyone can be aware of what’s going on and able to help and get involve if they choose to. In closing I believe the Amber Alert was a great thing to start. But just like they say it takes a village to raise a child. It’s the same thing with the Amber Alert. I feel the only thing that could prevent the Amber Alert system to improve and continue to help missing and abducted children, would be for people to stop caring. If people decide that our children aren’t important enough to send out information and searches to bring them back home, than I believe Amber Alert may not be as vital as it is for us
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