AMBER Alert system designed to grab attention, credited with finding missing girl

When an AMBER Alert flashes across your phone, the loud tone and urgent message can be jarring — but that’s exactly the point.The system is designed to grab att ...
Star Tribune

Timings of mobile phone alerts varied after back-to-back missing child cases. Here’s why.

A 12-year-old girl disappeared from her south Minneapolis neighborhood on Saturday. Police sent out a citywide emergency alert three days later — just hours before she was found safe at a friend’s ...
Oklahoma's News

Breaking down emergency alerts sent to your phone

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Wireless Emergency Alerts are messages that are sent to your phone by authorized government agencies, like the National Weather Center, and local public safety departments. The ...
WFMY News2

Why did it take almost 2 hours to send alert about missing boy?

RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. — Update: Deputies said the body of 7-year-old Liam King was found in the pond they were searching near his home. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office says every second counts ...