| Informational Website: |
http://www.dps.state.vt.us/vtsp/amber/ |
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| Administrating Agency: |
Vermont Department of Public Safety. |
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| Steps for Activation: |
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| Scope of Amber Alert: |
Statewide. |
| Criteria for Activation: |
The child is the age of 17 or under. A law enforcement agency believes the child has been abducted and is in imminent danger of serious bodily harm or death, either at the hands of another or due to a proven mental or physical disability. There is sufficient descriptive information available to disseminate to the general public, which could assist in the safe recovery of the child or apprehension of the suspect. |
| Utilizes Emergency Alert System: |
When an Amber Alert is activated area radio and television stations interrupt programming to broadcast information about the missing child using the Emergency Alert System. |
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