Amber AlertBISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Highway Patrol and the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services are conducting a test of the AMBER (America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) Alert system.

All components of the AMBER Alert Program are being tested.

AMBER Alerts are recorded on the North Dakota Department of Transportation’s 511 Road and Weather Information System and are displayed on the NDDOT roadside message signs, the nd.gov and AMBER Alert websites, and on scrolling banners at North Dakota Lottery terminal sites.

The goal of an AMBER Alert is to instantly galvanize the community to assist in the search for and safe return of the abducted child. The AMBER Alert Program is a voluntary partnership between law enforcement, state agencies, the National Weather Service, and the North Dakota Broadcasters Association to activate an urgent bulletin in child abduction cases meeting AMBER Alert activation criteria. NDDES, in collaboration with the NWS, uses the Emergency Alert System to provide a description of the abducted child and suspected abductor to statewide radio and television broadcast stations that disseminate the information to the public. Please register at www.wirelessamberalerts.org to receive text notifications of actual AMBER Alerts that occur in your area.

 

This is a test of the North Dakota AMBER Alert system. Had an actual child abduction occurred this alert would provide identifying information of the abducted child, suspect and suspect vehicle along with contact information of who to notify if the child, suspect or suspect vehicle was spotted by you the listening public.

This concludes the TEST of the North Dakota AMBER Alert system.