COLORADO
AMBER ALERT PLAN

HISTORY

The Amber plan is named in memory of nine year old Amber Hagerman. In 1996 Amber was abducted while playing near her Arlington, Texas home. She was later found murdered.

In response to community concern, the Association of Radio Managers, with the assistance of area law enforcement, conceived the Amber Plan to give listeners timely information about child abductions.

In April 2002, Governor Bill Owens of Colorado, signed into law the Colorado Amber Alert Plan Program, House Bill 1083. This bill defined an abducted child and allows for local law enforcement agencies to utilize the Emergency Alert System, EAS, in Colorado for broadcasting specific information to the public.

The bill mandates the Colorado Bureau of Investigation be the liaison between the local law enforcement agency with the case information and the Emergency Alert System broadcasters.

CRITERIA

1.) The child must be 17 years of age or younger.

2.) The child must be in immediate danger of serious bodily harm or death.

3.) There must be enough descriptive information to believe a broadcast will assist in the recovery.

4.) The activation must be recommended by the local law enforcement agency to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

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