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Amber Alerts Now On Facebook

Today, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children announced a partnership with Facebook to send AMBER Alerts to the social network's community to help find missing children. The new initiative will deliver AMBER Alerts to people's News Feeds in targeted search areas after a child has been abducted and the National Center has issued an alert. "When a child goes missing the most important thing we can do is to get the detailed information to the public as quickly as possible," says Dawn Peck, Idaho State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification Manager who serves as the Idaho AMBER Alert Coordinator.  "The first few hours are critical in the search for an abducted child and we welcome any tool that assists in the recovery a child"/Teresa Baker, Idaho State Police. More here.

Question: Will you sign up for Facebook Amber Alerts?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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