America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response

DPS Recognizes AMBER Alert Anniversary

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will join the country in observing national AMBER Alert Awareness Day on Wednesday, Jan. 13, marking 25 years since 9-year-old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas, was abducted. Hagerman was found dead four days later. Her case, which remains unsolved, led to the creation of the AMBER Alert system, which stands for “America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response.” “The state’s AMBER Alert program is a proven tool in helping save abducted […]