From her modest home in Hood County, the Texan who first came up with the idea of a child abduction alert says the tone system needs a tuneup. | Opinion ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — When a child is abducted and their life is in danger, you may see AMBER Alerts pop up on your phone. The mass alerts from law enforcement serve as a way to warn the public that a ...

The most well-known of the alerts, an Amber Alert notifies law enforcement and the public of abducted children. For an Amber Alert, the missing person must be 17 or younger; their disappearance ...

SPOKANE, Wash. -- While it may seem like you see emergency notifications for missing people pop up on your phone often, most of them are not Amber Alerts, according to Washington State Patrol.