Washington D.C.’s Office Of Justice Programs And NCMEC Announce Google Joining AMBER Alert Network

New Products & Services The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) recently announced a new partnership with Google that will allow users to receive AMBER Alerts' urgent child-abduction bulletins through Google Maps and Google Search features. The AMBER Alert program is coordinated by the U.S. Department of Justice and is a voluntary partnership of law enforcement agencies, broadcasters, transportation agencies, Internet service providers, and the wireless industry. The AMBER Alert program was created in 1996 after the abduction and murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman and is credited . . .