Amber Alert is Nevada's most
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January 13 is the day that is nationally recognized as AMBER Alert Awareness Day. The AMBER Alert System began in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth broadcasters teamed with local police to develop an early warning system to help find abducted children. 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, Texas, and then brutally murdered. Other states and communities soon set up their own AMBER plans as the idea was adopted across the nation. In 2003 the Nevada AMBER Alert was created by statute and has been a very useful tool for law enforcement in the search for abducted children. There are several categories of missing children but not all circumstances meet the AMBER Alert program's criteria. The Amber Alert program is intended only for the most serious, time-critical child abduction cases. Read more |
| Photos are the best tools to keep your children safe |
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What are the tools that parents can use to protect children from abduction or exploitation? How can you ensure that your missing child is found safely?
Many people think that fingerprinting your children is a good tool to keep them from harm. Although there is a role for fingerprints, it has little to do with protecting your loved ones.
The most important tool a parent should have is an updated and clear photograph of each child. You would be surprised how many parents we see who don't have a recent photograph of their missing child. It's a good idea for parents to carry updated pictures of their children with them at all times. You never know when they may be needed.
An equally important tool is information. Knowing information about your child's friends, teachers, and activities makes it much easier to find a missing teen. And, having information about an abducting parent is paramount when it comes to locating the child.
Another tool in the recovery of a missing child is support from family and friends. Utilize their help in disseminating flyers and making phone calls. And, of course, after reporting the missing child to police, you should call Nevada Child Seekers. We are here for you and your family in all instances where there is a missing child.
Nevada Child Seekers and Law enforcement have many tools at their disposal in the event of a missing child, but they need the family's help in order to recover that child safely. Please use your tools to ensure your child(ren)'s safety. Start by taking pictures NOW. |
 Spotlight on our Board Honorable Douglas Herndon |
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 Judge Douglas W. Herndon was born and raised in Texas, having received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University in 1986. He then received his law degree in 1990 from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia. Immediately thereafter, Judge Herndon made Las Vegas his home. Judge Herndon is currently the District Court Judge for Department 3 of the Eighth Judicial District Court, having been appointed to this position by Governor Guinn in January, 2005. Prior to his judicial appointment, Judge Herndon enjoyed a fourteen year career in the Clark County District Attorney's Office.
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