Submitted by thatzrandoms t3_118ollu in iphone
djdeforte t1_j9icqes wrote
> AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response and was created as a legacy to 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, TX, and then brutally murdered. Other states and communities soon set up their own AMBER plans as the idea was adopted across the nation.
When you have it set up it blasts a siren from your phone if a child is reported abducted with the info on the child and proposed abductor. Only happens if your in the area of the abduction.
cgg419 t1_j9ihgs0 wrote
I had no idea it was an acronym. Makes me wonder why they still call it that in Canada.
ev6jester t1_j9iw67z wrote
Why would they call it something else? Two different names for the same thing? Just to add confusion?
cgg419 t1_j9iwbaw wrote
As I said, I didn’t even know it was an acronym. But since it starts with America, I was just mildly surprised they kept the same name, since we are not Americans.
You’re not similarly surprised that emergency numbers in other countries aren’t always 911, are you?
ev6jester t1_j9ix2kw wrote
Here is what the Canadian site says:
History of the AMBER Alert System
In 1996, 9-year-old Amber Hagerman was kidnapped from Arlington, Texas and brutally murdered. Her death had a profound impact on her community. In the wake of this tragedy, an emergency alert system was developed to facilitate the rapid distribution of information to the public about child abduction incidents. The system, named in remembrance of Amber Hagerman, was initially a voluntary partnership between law enforcement agencies and media broadcasters to send out emergency alerts to the public when a child was abducted and believed to be in imminent danger.
ev6jester t1_j9ix73i wrote
As for 911 believe me. Being a 911 operator I wish it was a different number like 112 in the UK
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