British Amber Alert

pina · Post by **pina** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:07 am

I have just read the Oregan Amber Alert, it is a wonderful thread and wondered if it would be possible to do the same thing in Britain. IÃ‚Â´m not sure how much good it does but it has got to help in some way. I also donÃ‚Â´t know how it would work or if if it is possible to do... does anyone have any ideas or suggestions.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:50 am

we have an entire forum devoted to Amber Alerts...for some strange reason it keeps showing as "bereaved parents". just a software glitch i am sure. but i started doing the Amber Alerts here because i feel that you never know who might see those photos or see a missing or wanted person somewhere. there are many many people who read here. it would be great if you posted UK missing children, because we have so many UK members. and visitors . all you need to do is go to home page, see the list of topics and go to the crimes and missing persons forums, then post your alert! Amber Alerts per se are American, but posting pics of missing people is helpful anywhere.

pina · Post by **pina** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:03 pm

I also thought it would be a good idea LC, especially for missing children.....Where are the photoÃ‚Â´s from? are they just taken from the media or the internet. I thought maybe they were direct from the police.....if not maybe you could give advice to help set it up....That would be great.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:09 pm

there are several possibilities, including online news outlets, just as you said. does UK have something similar to amber alerts? would it be online? i also get emails of all alerts from FDLE, florida dept. of law enforcement. if you find a missing child in your news all you have to do is copy and paste it in a thread. here is an American source--CodeAmber.org - The Web's Amber Alert System ........

pina · Post by **pina** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:19 pm

Not sure about a British Amber Alert but I will check it out, it would be good if we could get a thread started, IÃ‚Â´m sure all the Brits here would agree. Thanks LC

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:24 pm

pina wrote: Not sure about a British Amber Alert but I will check it out, it would be good if we could get a thread started, IÃ‚Â´m sure all the Brits here would agree. Thanks LC

I aggree with you Pina!!

Don't know where you'll find the info though! Have you done any searches on the net?

pina · Post by **pina** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:32 pm

Betty Boop wrote: I aggree with you Pina!!

Don't know where you'll find the info though! Have you done any searches on the net?

Not yet Betty but I will have a look tonight, I think its a brilliant idea even though I donÃ‚Â´t live in England now there are quite a few members that do and of course there are always lots of guests looking in.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:55 pm

Unfortunately Pina, we dont have an Amber Alert here in the UK,

but there is a missing kids site.

http://missingkids.co.uk/

pina · Post by **pina** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:03 pm

I found that one Abbey, but It doesnÃ‚Â´t give any information with the photoÃ‚Â´s, only the date they went missing.....I will look at a few other sites.

pina · Post by **pina** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:39 pm

just a test to see if it works.

http://missingkids.co.uk/missingkids/se ... 5&seqNum=1

pina · Post by **pina** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:42 pm

Great it worked......

LC will we post them on missing children or will we need a separate thread

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:45 pm

you can certainly request a new forum for UK missing...but if you didn't want to do that, the right forum would be "missing children" (can be found on home page). then do a thread for the person you want to feature. (when you're saying thread i think you mean forum right?) really good idea to do this Pina, we have so many UK people here who will see it.

.........Crimes & Justice

Crimes & Trials

Missing Adults

Missing Children

Amber Alerts

Bereaved Parents ..............

pina · Post by **pina** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:51 pm

While looking at some of the sites I was shocked to see so many missing kids, and I think it could be good, like you say there are quite a few Brits on here and as I mentioned on an earlier post that we get a lot of guests looking in, so you never know even if it helps find one child it is worth it. I think we just need to post on the missing children.

A big thank you for helping to get this going LC your wonderful.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 4:55 pm

i didn't do anything, you did! :-6