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Amber Alert
Awareness Week 2008
A special thanks for Mike Martin at Security Alarm Corporation and Albany Lock and Key for bring 1580 KGAL listeners and web site viewers this special feature.
Amber Alert Awareness
January 13-19, 2008 Amber Alert Awareness Week
Sunday, January 13th, 2008 is National Amber Alert Day. The Amber Alert is an extension of the Federal Emergency Alert System and is named after abduction victim Amber Hagerman that was abducted on this date. The week surrounding this date 1580 KGAL aired special Public Service Announcements to increase public awareness of the program. The station also featured a special feature of Valley Talk.
Special VALLEY TALK live broadcast:
Thursday, January 17th, 2008 11:06 am to noon on 1580 KGAL.
Joining us from the Oregon Association of Broadcasters, was Bill Johnstone Executive who discussed Radio and Television participation in the Amber Alert program.
Lt. James Rentz from the Oregon State Police also tentatively will join us and discuss OSP's role as statewide Amber Alert Coordinator.
Broadcast Engineer for McKenzie River Broadcasting in Eugene (KMGE, KKNU, Bob 105) Chris "Ichabod" Murray, Chair of the Oregon State Emergency Communications Committee also will stop by to talk about Amber Alert, and EAS (Emergency Alert system).
Mp3 Audio Podcast of the 2008 Show!
You can also listen to our broadcast from the 2007 show!
[MP3 Archive of Amber Alert Broadcast 2007 Part 1]
[MP3 Archive of Amber Alert Broadcast 2007 Part 2]
AMBER ALERT WEB PORTAL
Amber Alert Links of Interest
Oregon Amber Alert Web Portal
Oregon AMBER Alert Web Portal FAQs
Amber Alert page Oregon State Police Missing Children Clearinghouse
Oregon State Emergency Alert System (EAS)>/a> Page
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:MissingKids.com
Missing and Exploited Children: Amber Alert Page
What is EAS Page: from Oregon AmberAlert.Com
Oregon State Amber Alerts as of 9/6,2006
12 Alerts, 14 Children Recovered
#1- 03/13/03 Redmond
#2- 04/05/03 Salem
#3- 12/01/03 Grants Pass
#4- 03/10/04 Mt.Vernon, WA
#5- 03/19/04 Shady Cove
#6- 04/20/04 Josephine Co
#7- 04/24/04 Eugene
#8- 08/09/04 CHP
#9- 10/14/04 Mt. Angel. This child was recovered when a tip from a Sweet Home Boy who heard the amber alert saw the suspect while hunting with his father. The tip resulted in the recovery of the abducted child only after a shoot out with Linn County Sheriff Deputies Micah W. Smith and Corporal Michael Harmon. The Deputies received a National Missing Children's Law Enforcement Award for recovering 11-year-old Tanner Kahn, who disappeared while waiting at a bus stop. The kidnapper in the course of the recovery fired upon the officers. For more information and pictures of Deputies Micah W. Smith and Corporal Michael Harmon of the Linn County Sheriff's Office check out the web site from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
#10-09/19/05 Salem
#11-11/14/05 Hillsboro
#12-04/18/06 Vancouver
2005 Amber Alert Awareness
MP3 Audio Files from Broadcasts
Below are the links, and Mp3 Audio Archives from the previous Amber Alert Week Feature in 2005.
Tuesday 1/11/2005
Cop Talk- Subject: Amber Alert. Lt. Col. Greg Willeford from the Oregon State Police joined us on our monthly feature, Cop Talk. The Lt. Col. is the head of the Governor's Amber Alert Program. For more information: News Release and from the Oregon State Police Oregon Amber Alert Page. We also have [AUDIO] from the Valley Talk interview with the Lt. Col. Willeford.
Wednesday 1/12/2005
Security Alarm Corporation, sponsor of KGAL and KSHO's Amber Alert Awarness Week joined us to discuss SAC, Valley Fire Control, Paragon Communications and Albany Lock & Key Service. [Audio Part 1] and [Audio Part 2].
Thursday 1/13/2005
Amber Alert- From the Oregon Association of Broadcasters, Bill Johnstone Executive Director joined us to discuss Radio and Television participation in the Amber Alert program also joining us Broadcast Engineer for McKenzie River Broadcasting in Eugene (KMGE, KKNU, Bob 105) Chris "Ichabod" Murray, Chair of the Oregon State Emergency Communications Committee.
For more information: News Release from Lt. Col. Greg Willeford from the Oregon State Police he is the Chair of the Governor's Amber Alert Committee.
Also available from our audio archives in an mp3 format Part One audio, Part Two and Part Three of the audio archives.
- Letter from Assistant U. S. Attorney General:
This letter was received at the OAB (Oregon Association of Broadcasters) office and was passed along to statewide radio and television OAB members. It's from Ms. Deborah J. Daniels, Assistant U. S. Attorney General.
- Dear Broadcasters:
With your help over the past two years, we have made remarkable strides in our efforts to safely recover abducted children through the AMBER Alert program. As of today, AMBER Alerts have been instrumental in recovering 176 children across the country!
We have made significant improvements in the management and communication operations of the AMBER Alert program at the local, state, and regional level. Through federal coordination, the adoption of consistent AMBER Alert criteria has increased and partnerships with broadcasters and transportation officials have been strengthened. In addition, comprehensive child recovery strategies have been implemented, the focus on child safety has been enhanced, and public awareness about missing children has greatly improved.
Although we have made tremendous progress, as the AMBER Alert program continues to grow nationwide, we must focus on the importance of educating the public about the purpose of the AMBER Alert program and their role in helping recover missing children. Several months ago, the Department of Justice, in cooperation with John Walsh and Ed Smart, prepared three Public Service Announcements (PSAs) on AMBER Alert. These PSAs were distributed in September 2004 at the second National AMBER Alert conference and subsequently mailed to AMBER Alert coordinators and hundreds of radio and television stations across the country. The PSAs have also continued to be available through the Amber Alert Web Site.
In an effort to keep AMBER Alert foremost on the minds of Americans, I would like to ask for your help in formally recognizing the day Amber Hagerman was abducted, January 13th. In remembrance of Amber, I am asking each Broadcaster to air the AMBER Alert PSAs on January 13th, and to make missing children a primary focus of the day. By providing information for news stories on local children who have been abducted and are still missing, the background of the national AMBER Alert program, and your particular program's impact, your community will be greatly served. I am also working with the National AMBER Alert Coordinating Group to help disseminate information about the AMBER Alert program.
I hope you will participate in this national effort. Thank you for your assistance in making a significant impact on this important program. It is clear that together we are making a difference.
Deborah J. Daniels
Assistant Attorney General
News Release from Oregon State Police (OSP)
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Amber Alert Program Update
12/16/2004
Lieutenant Colonel Greg Willeford
Oregon State Police - General Headquarters
Phone: (503) 378-3725 ext. 4103
(Salem, Oregon) - The effectiveness of Oregon's AMBER Alert program coincides with the successes announced nationally in a Department of Justice Report to the White House. Since the Oregon AMBER Alert program was put into place with an executive order in November 2002, ten children have been located and recovered during nine-program activation's.
"We are very pleased with the successes attributed to the Oregon AMBER Alert System and the wonderful partnership that it signifies between law enforcement, the media, transportation officials and the public," said Lieutenant Colonel Greg Willeford.
The Oregon AMBER Alert plan is a voluntary partnership among Oregon law enforcement agencies, Oregon Department of Transportation, and Oregon Broadcasters. Additional program information, including an updated tally of alert activation's and number of children recovered, can be obtained on the Oregon State Police Missing Children Clearinghouse website at
http://egov.oregon.gov/OSP/MCC/amber_alert.shtml.
The Oregon AMBER Alert sends out an emergency alert to the public when a child has been adbucted and is believed to be in grave danger. There are established criteria to initiate an AMBER alert, and it may only be done by a law enforcement agency.
An AMBER Alert uses electronic highway signs and the Emergency Alert System to notify the public of an abduction. Highway signs will alert motorists of an AMBER Alert and provide relevant information regarding the abducted child. If someone observes the suspect vehicle mentioned in an alert broadcast, law enforcement may be contacted by calling 1-866-5AMBER5 or 9-1-1.
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