A crisis communication expert says everyday notifications are weakening the impact of life-saving emergency alerts.

Typically, Amber Alerts flash the message on a screen. The National Council on Missing & Exploited Children system was also used, but that did not produce the alert sound.

Lewisville Police Department confirms the safe recovery of 13-year-old Emerie Metcalf after being reported missing.

Our phones went off at 1:13 a.m. I had just fallen back asleep after getting up to feed my baby and thought the alert was an Amber Alert. It wasn’t until I woke up again at 4 a.m. to change my baby ...

The Amber Alert program was created in 1996 in honor of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was abducted and murdered near her home in Arlington, Texas. The Amber Alert text message system went into ...

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - If you own a smartphone, there's a good chance you were awakened by a loud alarm sound early Monday morning. "It was a loud noise to let you know something's going on," Helen ...

Your phone sounds an alarm and alerts you to an Amber Alert. You know it means a child is missing, but how does an alert get issued? The Amber Alert System began in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth ...

The earsplitting sound came after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Amber Alert on behalf of the Kingsport Police Department letting people know that 2-year-old Maria Linebaugh was ...

Texas, where the 1996 incident that inspired the Amber Alert occurred, continues to get the most alerts. Toronto Star via Getty Images As of Dec. 31, 2023, the Amber Alert system has contributed ...

Politics & Policy Amber Alerts Are Often Ineffective. A New Law Gives Local Police More Control. Delays in dispatching the alert system mean that some children fall between the cracks.

A mother’s call to a North Texas radio station almost 30 years ago has helped rescue 1,200 children. But her 1996 suggestion for the Amber Alert now often sounds a sour note. Finally, Diana ...