State Amber Alert Contacts

Useful Links  State Amber Alert Contacts
Alabama
Lt. Ron Short or Faye Hester
Aabama Bureau of Investigation
1-800-228-7688
http://www.dps.state.al.us/public/abi/amber_plan.asp
Alaska
Officer Greg Wilkinson
Alaska State Troopers
(907) 269-5413
greg_wilkinson@dps.state.ak.us
Arizona
Art Brooks
Arizona Broadcasters Association
(602) 252-4833
Arkansas
Cpl. Donnie Belew
Arkansas State Police
(501) 618-8803
dbelew@asp.state.ar.us
http://www.todaysthv.com/community/morgannick/default.asp
California
Rick Linson
California Highway Patrol
(916) 227-6388
rlinson@chp.ca.gov
http://www.chp.ca.gov/html/amber-en.html
Colorado
Kristina Koellner
Colorado Bureau of Investigation
303-239-4251
http://www.cbi.state.co.us/mp/amber/amberlist.asp
Connecticut
Lt. Wayne I. Rioux
Connecticut State Police
(860) 685-8032
Wayne.Rioux@po.state.ct.us
http://www.state.ct.us/dps/Amber_Alert.htm
Delaware
Lt. Joseph Aviola
Delaware State Police
(302) 834-2620 x234
joseph.aviola@state.de.us
http://www.state.de.us/governor/news/2003/01january/011403%20-%20amber%20alert%20implementation.shtml
Florida
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
1-888-356-4774
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/AmberPlan/
Georgia
Vicki Metz
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
(404) 244-2550
Vicki.metz@gbi.state.ga.us
Hawaii
Hawaii Missing Children's Clearinghouse
Department of the Attorney General
(808) 586-1449

Idaho
Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security
(208) 334-3460
http://www2.state.id.us/gcc/newsletter/9.06.03.htm
Illinois
Cinda Lubich
Illinois State Police
1-800-843-5763
lubichc@isp.state.il.us
http://www.isp.state.il.us/crime/amber.htm
Indiana
Indiana State Police
(317) 232-8200
http://www.amberalertindiana.com/
Iowa
http://www.iowaamberalert.com
Kansas
Kansas Attorney General's Office
(785) 296-2215
GENERAL@ksag.org
http://www.ksamber.org/
Kentucky
Capt. Henry "Sonny" Cease
Kentucky State Police
(502) 227-2221
(502) 330-3770
Louisiana
Louisiana State Police
(225) 925-6325
http://www.lsp.org/amber.html
Maryland
Carla Proudfoot
Maryland Center for Missing Children
1-800-637 5437
http://www.mdamberplan.com/
Michigan
Sgt. Greg Jones
Michigan State Police
(517) 333-4017
http://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,1607,7-123--19738--,00.html
Minnesota
Minnesota Crime Alert Network
(651) 642-0779
http://www.dps.state.mn.us/mcan/AmberAlert/index.htm
Mississippi
Major Larry Waggoner
Email: lwaggoner@mdps.state.ms.us
Phone: 601.933.2604
http://www.dps.state.ms.us/dps/dps.nsf/divpages/ci3amber?OpenDocument
Missouri
Department of Public Safety
(573) 751- 4905
http://www.dps.state.mo.us/home/AbductionForm.htm
Montana
Montana Missing Person Clearinghouse
(406) 444-1526
http://www.doj.state.mt.us/enforcement/missingpersonclearinghouse.asp
Nebraska
Nebraska State Patrol
www.nsp.state.ne.us
Nevada
Rene Hulse
State of Nevada Office of the Attorney General
(702) 486-3107
rhulse@ag.state.nv.us
http://amberalert.nv.gov/
New Hampshire
Trooper First Class Robert Estabrook
New Hampshire State Police
(603) 271 2663
bestabrook@safety.state.nh.us
New Jersey
New Jersey State Police
(609) 882-2000, x2894
http://www.njsp.org/amber/
New York
New York State Police
(518) 457-8678
http://nysamber.troopers.state.ny.us/
North Carolina
Perry F. Stewart
North Carolina Center for Missing Persons
1-800-522-5437
pstewart@ncale.org
North Dakota
North Dakota State Patrol
(701) 328-2455
http://www.state.nd.us/amber/
Ohio
Terri Peaks
Ohio Missing Children Clearinghouse
State of Ohio Attorney General's Office
1-800-325-5604
http://www.ohioamberplan.org/
Oklahoma
Matthew McBee
Office of Governor Brad Henry
(405) 521-2342
matthew.mcbee@gov.state.ok.us
Oregon
Major Gregory Willeford
Oregon State Police - Bureau of Investigation
(503) 378-3725 ext. 4103
Greg.willeford@state.or.us
http://www.portlandonline.com/index.cfm?&a=bjfad&c=cggfj
Pennsylvania
Corporal Howard W. Sheppard
Pennsylvania State Police
(717) 783-0960
http://www.amber.state.pa.us/amber/site/default.asp
Rhode Island
Rhode Island State Police
(401) 444-1000
http://www.risp.state.ri.us/amber.php
South Carolina
Lt. Teresa Woods
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED)
(803) 896-7008
twoods@mail.sled.state.sc.us
www.sled.state.sc.us
South Dakota
http://www.state.sd.us/amberalert/
Tennessee
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
State Clearinghouse for Missing Children
(615) 744-4000
www.tbi.state.tn.us
Texas
Sam Allen
Texas Department of Public Safety
(512) 424-2208
sam.allen@txdps.state.tx.us
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/press/initiatives/amber
Utah
State of Utah Office of the Attorney General
http://www.attorneygeneral.utah.gov/AL/amberalert.htm
Vermont
Major Robert White
Vermont State Police
(802) 244-8727
www.vtsp.org/amber
Virginia
Lt. Patrick D. Fagan III
Virginia State Police
(804) 674-2023
pfagan@vsp.state.va.us
www.vaamberalert.com
Washington
Capt. Fred Fakkema
Washington State Patrol
(360) 753-5299
http://www.governor.wa.gov/press/press-view.asp?pressRelease=1207&newsType=1 or http://www.wsp.wa.gov/missing/faqmiss.htm
Washington, D.C.
http://www.dcamberplan.com/
West Virginia
West Virginia State Police
www.wvstatepolice.com
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Missing & Exploited Children
wimissingkids@doj.state.wi
Wyoming
Tim Olson
Wyoming Office of the Attorney General
Division of Criminal Investigation
(307) 777-7537

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Child Safety

Do It Yourself DNA Sampling Kit

Take Home Child ID Kit

Bicycle Safety: Kansas Department of Transportation http://www.ink.org/public/kdot/safety/index.html

Fire Safety: U.S. Fire Administration http://www.usfa.fema.gov/

Internet Safety: SOC-UM http://www.soc-um.org/, and The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.soc-um.org/.

Child and Pet Identification kits - http://www.distinctivefeatures.com
Seasonal Safety: Brantford, Ontario Fire Department http://www.city.brantford.on.ca/firedept/seasonal.htm
Samantha Runnion's The Joyful Child : The Joyful Child is dedicated to protecting our nation's children from sexual abuse and abduction through programs that unite and uplift communities. http://thejoyfulchild.org/
Water Safety: Center For Disease Control and Safety http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/drown.htm

Sentry Technology http://www.sentrykids.com/

Low tech, effective and affordable ID system: www.whosshoesid.com
Legislation

Contact Your State Representatives: http://www.ncsl.org/public/leglinks.cfm.

Contact Your US Congressperson: http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Contact Your US Senator: http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm

Find out if your state is one of the thirty-two that has a Victim’s Rights Constitutional Amendment

Missing Children

State Missing Persons Clearinghouses

Child Locator Non-Profit Organizations

Make your own missing flyers - Beyond Missing

Public Record Finders - links to free public records
Information about suspicious individuals - http://www.criminalsearches.com/
If you believe your child has been kidnapped (NCMEC http://www.ncmec.org, T.E.A.M. Hope http://www.teamhope.org)

If you believe your child has runaway (National Runaway Switchboard http://www.1800RUNAWAY.org - 1 800 786 2929)
Create your own missing child website for free MSN (http://homepages.msn.com/) and Geocities (http://geocities.yahoo.com/v/info.html)

If you require a volunteer search coordinator (Laura Recovery Center):
http://www.lrcf.net/LRCFoundation.org/
Rewards: (Carol Sund/Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation http://www.carolesundfoundation.com/

Help find missing relatives with the National Next of Kin Registry
The National Next Of Kin Registry (NOKR). NOKR is a new high-speed solution to locating an individuals Next Of Kin in urgent situations. This service is designed to help if you or your family member is missing, critically injured or deceased. NOKR is a free service to the public as well as the Local and State agencies using the search service. NOKR in turn saves the city, county and state time and money, as well as helping our fellow citizens.