Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Terminology Questions

  1. The AMBER Alert is a notification to the general public, by various media outlets when police confirmed that a child has been abducted intended to enlist the public's help in finding the abducted person and catching the abductor.
  2. [After Amber Hagerman (1987-1996), American child kidnapped and murdered in Texas.] intended to potentially save other children.
  3. AMBER Alerts are distributed through various methods of communication from via commercial radio stations, satellite radio, television stations, and cable TV by the Emergency Alert System (where they are termed "Child Abduction Emergency"), as well as via e-mail, electronic traffic-condition signs, and wireless device SMS text messages.
  4. It makes You more aware of your Surroundings and encouages you to take no physical course of action if the abductor or abducted child is spotted and call Authorities.
  5. On February 10, 2008 Trotwood, OH A 2-month-old boy was abducted from his home by his non-custodial father soon after the alert was issued the child was safely rescued and returned to his mother.
  6. Sex offender registration is a system in place in a number of jurisdictions designed to allow government authorities to keep track of the residence and activities of sex offenders, including those who have completed their criminal sentences. the offender needs to register in the town, state, everywhere he/she goes.
  7. Anyone who is labeled a sex offender and level 1,2,3 of offense.
  8. The offender needs to register in both states he/she has no choice failure to do so will result in arrest and prison.
  9. The sex offender is arrested & put into prison.
  10. Megan's Laws are named for Megan Kanka, a seven-year-old girl from New Jersey who was sexually assaulted and murdered in 1994 by a neighbor who, unknown to the victim's family, had been previously convicted for Sex Offenses against children. Megan's Laws are state and federal statutes that require convicted sex offenders to register with local police. Sex offenders are required to register with local police and to notify law enforcement authorities whenever they move to a new location. The statutes establish a notification process to provide information about sex offenders to law enforcement agencies and, when appropriate, to the public. The type of notification is based on an evaluation of the risk to the community from a particular offender. To make the parents of children living near sex offenders aware that their there.

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