AMBER Advocate Magazine

The 2007 National AMBER Alert Conference in Denver positions itself as a critical event for charting the program’s future by strengthening partnerships and fostering innovative strategies. This future vision emerges as National AMBER Alert Coordinator Regina B. Schofield resigns, leaving a legacy that includes key initiatives like outreach to Indian Country, the launch of the Wireless AMBER Alerts Initiative, and the establishment of Child Abduction Response Teams (CART). A dramatic front-line story from California highlights the power of public vigilance when a motorist, seeing an alert on a highway sign, calls 911, leading to the safe recovery of four children just 56 minutes after the alert’s issuance. Meanwhile, Houston Regional AMBER Alert Coordinator Beth Alberts is profiled for her passionate advocacy, noting the shift in abduction tactics from “snatch and grabs” to internet luring. Houston further enhances preparedness by unveiling its new Mobile Search and Education Center, a converted RV that serves as a mobile command center and training tool, while the Navajo Nation makes a significant stride in child protection by becoming the first tribe to host a CART training.

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