AMBER Silver Blue Endangered Missing Persons AMBER Alerts notify the public of abducted Silver Alerts notify the public of missing older adults Blue Alerts notify the public of suspects who have Endangered Missing Persons Alerts notify the children, meeting the below criteria: with a mental condition, meeting the below criteria: either killed or seriously injured a peace o cer, public of missing individuals with an intellectual meeting the below criteria: disability, meeting the below criteria:  Is this child 17 years of age or younger, whose  Is the missing person 65 years of age or older or whereabouts are unknown, and whose been diagnosed with Alzheimer's?  A law enforcement officer must have been killed  Has the missing person been diagnosed with disappearance law enforcement has determined or seriously injured by an offender. an Intellectual Disability and/or a Pervasive  Does the senior citizen have a diagnosed to be unwilling which poses a credible threat to Developmental Disorder, including Asperger’s impaired mental condition, and does the  The investigating law enforcement agency the child’s safety and health; and if abducted by Disorder, Autistic Disorder, Autism Spectrum senior citizen’s disappearance pose a credible must determine that the offender poses a a parent or legal guardian, was the abduction in Disorder, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, threat to the senior citizen’s health and safety? serious risk or threat to the public and other law the course of an attempted murder or murder? Rett’s Disorder or a Pervasive Developmental (Law enforcement shall require the family or enforcement personnel. Disorder (Not Otherwise Specified)? If the OR legal guardian of the missing senior citizen to  A detailed description of the offender’s vehicle, missing person has been diagnosed with an provide documentation from a medical or  Is this child 13 years of age or younger, who vehicle tag, or partial tag must be available for Intellectual Disability, law enforcement shall mental health professional of the senior citizen’s was taken (willingly or unwillingly) without broadcast to the public. require a written diagnosis from a physician or condition). permission from the care and custody of a parent  The investigating law enforcement agency of psychologist licensed to practice within Texas, or or legal guardian by:  Is it confirmed that an investigation has jurisdiction must recommend activation of the certified by the Texas Department of Aging and taken place verifying that the senior citizen’s  someone unrelated and more than three Blue Alert to the Texas Department of Public Disability Services and/or Texas Department of disappearance is due to his/her impaired mental years older, Safety. State Health Services. condition, and alternative reasons for the senior OR citizen’s disappearance have been ruled out?  Is it confirmed that an investigation has taken  another parent or legal guardian who place, verifying that a reasonable explanation attempted or committed murder at the  Is the Silver Alert request within 72 hours of the for the missing person’s disappearance has been time of the abduction? senior citizen’s disappearance? ruled out and that the disappearance poses a  Is there sufficient information available to credible threat to the health and safety of the  Is this child in immediate danger of sexual missing person? assault, death or serious bodily injury? disseminate to the public that could assist in locating the senior citizen? (Highway signs will  Is the Endangered Missing Persons Alert request  Has a preliminary investigation verified be activated only if accurate vehicle information being made within 72 hours of the missing the abduction and eliminated alternative is available AND it is confirmed that the senior person’s disappearance? explanations for the child’s disappearance? citizen was driving the vehicle at the time of the  Is there sufficient information available to  Is sufficient information available to disseminate disappearance). disseminate to the public that could assist in to the public to help locate the child, a suspect, locating the missing person? (Highway signs will or the vehicle used in the abduction? be activated only if accurate vehicle information  It is recommended to obtain a physician’s letterhead indicating the mental condition, date of diagnosis, is available AND it is confirmed that the missing patient’s name, with physician’s signature, prior to a person was in the vehicle at the time of the disappearance). wandering incident. Photo courtesy University of North Texas

 It is recommended to obtain a written diagnosis from a physician or psychologist, prior to a wandering incident. History & Purpose State Network Receive Alerts Local community reaction to the brutal kidnapping The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and death of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman of coordinates the dissemination of qualifying missing Arlington, TX (1996), prompted local media and person advisories involving the below resource law enforcement to create the nation’s  rst AMBER partners, known as the State Network: Twitter: Alert program in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area. Texas Alerts@TX_Alerts AMBER Alerts inform the public of serious child  https://twitter.com/TX_Alerts abductions, in an e ort to promote tips and leads Texas Department of Transportation; to law enforcement. In memory of the tragic death  National Weather Service; Missing Person Flyer Subscription: of Amber Hagerman, the letters of her name can  Law Enforcement; Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS): be seen within the title of the program, America’s  Media; Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response (AMBER). https://txsubscribealerts.dps.texas.gov/  Texas Lottery Commission; State of Texas  In 2002, Governor Rick Perry created the state’s Independent Bankers Association of Texas; National Center for Missing & Exploited Children AMBER Alert network per Executive Order RP-16,  National Center for Missing and Exploited (NCMEC)  Secondary Distribution Partners: later codi ed through legislation in 2003. The Children ; and AMBER http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/amber Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) was given  Texas Department of Public Safety. Silver legislative authority to coordinate the state’s AMBER Alert network, which has served as the role model  AMBER Alert Resources Only. Cell Phone Notifications Blue for the subsequent Silver, Blue and Endangered National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Missing Persons alert programs. Endangered Missing Only a law enforcement agency can make a AMBER & Wireless Emergency Alerts request to activate the State Network. Each alert http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/amber Persons program has a speci c set of criteria designed to ensure network integrity and prevent public State Alert Program Website Alert Programs desensitization. Alerts can be issued within any Texas Department of Public Safety Texas geographical area, including statewide. https://www.dps.texas.gov/ intelligenceCounterTerrorism/Alerts/ index.htm

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