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The AMBER Advocate, Issue 4, 2021

NCJ Number
303893
Date Published
December 2021
Length
20 pages
Annotation

This issue of AMBER Advocate provides some highlights from the 2021 National Virtual Symposium as well as from the first Indian Country symposium, an example of the AMBER Alert system working to recover a missing autistic boy within one hour of the alert being activated; it also features the story of Jean Roddenberry and his role as supervisor for the Florida Clearinghouse, and other missing-persons news updates from the U.S. and abroad.

Abstract

This issue features highlights and key takeaways from the 2021 National AMBER Alert and AMBER Alert in Indian Country Virtual Symposium. Other features include the AMBER Alert at work in Connecticut resulting in the safe recovery of a special needs 4-year-old in just one hour of the alert's issuance and Florida's Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse Supervisor Jon Roddenberry. The AMBER Alert briefs and AMBER Alert International sections feature news clips and information on the latest work that's underway related to AMBER Alert and other endangered missing persons cases.