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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
This conversation is definitely looping itself now.
Here's something new (though maybe I asked it a while back): what is the age threshold for an amber alert? 10? 11? 12? 13? 14? This is another spot where the 'nuclear or nothing' approach seems a little odd from a societal perspective - for under a certain age we're leaving no stone unturned, but once you reach a certain age you've got to be missing for a week before you might get a news story, but otherwise it's up to your family to put up posters...
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The amber alert isn't for missing children. It's for abducted children:
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- The child is under the age of 18;
- A belief that the child has been abducted;
- A belief that the child is in grave danger;
- Information is available that may help locate the child and/or the abductor (e.g., description of the child, the suspect, or the vehicle driven by the abductor); and
- That the alert be issued within a reasonable amount of time from the moment of the abduction.
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