Amber Alert Website Offline Due to Gov't Shutdown
A screenshot of www.amberalert.gov captured on Oct. 6, 2013. The Amber Alert website was a victim of the government shutdown.
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The federal Amber Alert website on Sunday displayed a sparse, white screen with a simple message: It's a victim of the government shutdown.
"Due to the lapse in federal funding,
this Office of Justice Programs (OJP) website is unavailable," the
message reads, just below a U.S. Department of Justice seal.
The website normally displays
information about Ambert Alerts, but it is not the vehicle by which an
alert is sent. The process by which an alert is sent is determined on a
state-by-state basis.
California Highway Patrol officials
told NBC4 that if an Amber Alert is issued in California, authorities
will page the media. Messages on freeway signs would need to be ordered
by Sacramento, as that program is federally funded, CHP officials said.
California recently used the
Amber Alert system when a San Diego County man killed a close friend and
her child, then kidnapped her daughter, Hannah Anderson, a teenager.
FBI agents later found her safe and fatally shot her captor in Idaho,
after hikers happened upon the pair in the wilderness and later saw
media reports about her case.
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