[ARRL-OK] Amber Alerts

[Lloyd Colston]

arrl-ok-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:

>Since when does an Amber Alert apply only to one ZIP Code?
>
>Silly me.  All along I had thought that the purpose of these
>was to ensure fastest and widest dissemination of the info.
>
A properly formatted and distributed Amber Alert spans multiple zip 
codes.  For example, I got an Amber Alert and its cancellation the other 
night.  The abduction was from KS.  However, LEO sent the alert to a 
wide area, including at least one of the Zip Codes I had listed.

Using Zip Codes is a logical method for the Citizen to get the alert 
they require and helps me not get distracted from alerts two states away.

BTW, the KS Amber Alert resulted in the recovery of the child.



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Lloyd Colston             Mayes County Emergency Management
Pryor, OK USA           http://www.mayescem.us

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