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Editorial: Expedite plans for Amber Alert system

Thursday, Aug. 22, 2002 | 8:51 a.m.

After a 10-year-old girl from Riverside, Calif., was reported missing Tuesday, California activated its Amber Alert system. Emergency dispatches about the kidnapping were sent to the media and were posted on electronic highway signs in California to get the public's help in finding the missing child. Nevada doesn't have such a system yet, but law enforcement authorities responded to Tuesday's abduction by alerting the media and police here about the abduction. That same day the suspected kidnapper was caught in Nevada and the girl was found alive.

Amber Alert has successfully foiled other abductions, too, and that's why we back Clark County Commissioner Erin Kenny's push to expedite plans for a similar system in the county. Prompt public notification is essential to not only help locate an abducted child, but also to bring the child back home safely.

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