1.Police can confirm a child abduction has occurred
2.Officials believe the child is in danger of serious bodily harm or death
3.There is enough information about the child and/or abductor(s) that an immediate alert will help.
The Amber Plan can only be activated if
Scotland
'A child of 15 years of age or younger, or an individual under a proven mental or physical disability is abducted and there is reason to believe the victim is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death'
AND
There is information available to disseminate to the public which could assist in the safe recovery of the victim and/or the apprehension of the offender'
When a child under 16 goes missing
The child is believed kidnapped
A senior police officer fears death or serious harm
The case has sufficient descriptive details, eg photos of victim or suspect
"Seventy-four percent of children who are kidnapped and later found murdered are killed within the first 3 hours after being taken. As AMBER Alert Coordinator, I am working closely with local law enforcement and broadcasters to speed the safe recovery of every abducted child."
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Each program, whether local, state, or regional, establishes its own AMBER Plan criteria; however, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children suggests three criteria that should be met before an Alert is activated.
Law enforcement confirms a child has been abducted.
Law enforcement believes the circumstances surrounding the abduction indicate that the child is in danger of serious bodily harm or death.
There is enough descriptive information about the child, abductor, and/or suspects vehicle to believe an immediate broadcast alert will help.
Age criteria vary from plan to plan. Most plans currently in effect consider activation for a child under the age of eighteen. For the specifics on the criteria for your area CLICK HERE.
All plans are limited to abducted children, and, therefore, exclude children believed to be parental abductions, runaways or thrown away children from home.
The purpose of this website/ information is to promote public awareness/protection, prevent you and those close to you from the potential dangers posed by individuals who have committed sex offences in the past and to deter sex offenders from offending/re-offending. Any criminal actions taken by persons against the offenders named within this site, may result in arrest and prosecution of those persons. Australia
