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Dutch nationwide AMBER Alert system increases the chance missing or abducted children are found |
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 |
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The Dutch police starts using a new innovative, cross media alert system for urgent missing children and child abductions (children whose life or health is assumed to be endangered):
AMBER Alert Netherlands.
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With this joint initiative of software company Netpresenter and the Netherlands Police Agency (Klpd), the whole of the Netherlands can be immediately alerted when a child goes missing or is abducted, by means of pop-ups on PCs, large advertising (Digital Signage) screens, e-mail, SMS text messages, Instant messenger, RSS newsfeeds en website Alerts (Flash). The goal of the new system is to make use of the general public’s eyes and ears in urgent missing children cases, to help trace the child more quickly.
AMBER Alert www.amberalertnederland.nl gives the Dutch police the tools to instantly alert the whole of the Netherlands in case of an urgent abduction or disappearance of a child. The broad range of media involved makes it easy for any Dutch citizen, organization or company to help find missing children.
“The help of Dutch citizens and organizations is crucial to the system’s success. I call on everyone to turn AMBER Alert into a real lifesaver – download the software like me, or subscribe to text message or email alerts,” stated the Dutch minister of Justice Hirsch Ballin after haven given green light to
AMBER Alert.
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AMBER Alert Digital Signage Screen
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AMBER Alert Netherlands
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