Amber Alerts work.Byline: The Register-Guard Chalk up another victory for Amber Alert Am·ber Alert n. A message that conveys information about a recently abducted person, usually displayed on electronic signs positioned along roadways and broadcast by mass media, intended to enlist the public's help in finding the abducted person and . Kaylie Marie Kwiatkowski, a 2-year-old Grants Pass resident, was rescued this week after an Amber Alert warning was issued throughout the region reporting her abduction Abduction Balfour, David expecting inheritance, kidnapped by uncle. [Br. Lit.: Kidnapped] Bertram, Henry kidnapped at age five; taken from Scotland. [Br. Lit. in a pickup in which she was strapped strapped adj. Informal In financial need: We are strapped for cash right now. strapped Adjective strapped for Slang in her car seat. The pickup belonged to the girl's father, and he was about to leave with her when he remembered that he had forgotten something in the house. While he was retrieving whatever he had forgotten, someone stole the pickup - and Kaylie. The Amber Alert system is a nationwide program activated when authorities believe children have been abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point . Under the system, someone - usually a parent or relative - calls a local law enforcement agency Noun 1. law enforcement agency - an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation - a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice and reports the disappearance. Once it's determined that an abduction may have occurred and that a child's life might be in danger, the police notify a statewide communications coordinator and an Amber Alert signal goes out. The signal interrupts normal broadcasting, and citizens who hear it are urged to be on the lookout. Details, such as the models and colors of vehicles, names and physical descriptions of the individuals involved provide critical identifying information to citizens throughout a broad region. In the case of Kaylie, a driver with a cell phone spotted the pickup with Kaylie inside and tipped police that the suspect might be hiding out in a nearby house. The man who reportedly stole the vehicle said he didn't become aware of the child until he was a couple of blocks away from where he took the pickup. In short order, Jayson Sauer was arrested and is now facing kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. , burglary and reckless endangerment charges. Kaylie's case turned out wonderfully well. Some don't. But the Amber Alert system, named after 9-year-old Amber Hagerman Amber Renee Hagerman (November 25, 1986–January 17, 1996) was a young girl who became a victim of an abduction and murder. In January 1996, she was riding her bicycle near her grandparents' home in Arlington, Texas, and was kidnapped soon thereafter. of Texas who was abducted and killed in 1996, is a proven method for transmitting information about children who have been abducted and, in the happiest of these cases, assists in the swift and safe recovery of these children. Amber Alert works. Kaylie Marie Kwiatkowski is just the latest example of how well. |
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