amber alert

Amber Alert. A system by which the police can rapidly broadcast to the general public a report of a missing or endangered child by means of radio and television announcements. • The alert is named for Amber Hagerman of Texas, a nine-year-old who was abducted and murdered in 1996 by an unknown person. The system has been adopted by many communities in the U.S. and Canada. Local variations exist. In Arkansas, for example, the system is called the Morgan Nick Alert after a child who was abducted by a stranger in 1995. — Also termed Amber Plan.

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双语律师Jerry，毕业于一所培养最顶级翻译人才的语言学院，擅长翻译各类与欧洲隐私及安全法相关的法律文件。