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CONNECTICUT AMBER PLAN – A CHILD ABDUCTION RECOVERY PROGRAM

HOW THE CONNNECTICUT AMBER ALERT WORKS

Once the Police respond to the scene and obtain a description of the child, abductor, and vehicle, this information is immediately broadcast to all radio and televison stations across the state through the Emergency Alert System (EAS). This is the alert used during severe weather emergencies.

The plan alerts the public as quickly as possible to the abduction so everyone may assist in the search for the safe return of the child.

DURING AN AMBER ALERT, THE CONNECTICUT LOTTERY WILL:

  • Send an immediate text message to Lottery retailers statewide
  • Retailers will print and post copies of the Alert message in their store
  • The Alert message will be re-broadcast to retailers every half-hour for the first ninety minutes
  • The Alert message will continue to be sent every hour after that, for up to five hours
  • The Alert information will also be displayed on Lottery Electronic Message Units statewide

If you see someone fitting the description of the child, adult or vehicle from the Amber Alert immediately call 911.

For more information go to: Connecticut Department of Public Safety

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SOURCE: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
PREPARED BY: 211/lb
CONTENT LAST REVIEWED: June2011

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