GAO GAO-24-106670: AMBER Alert Network: DOJ Efforts to Include Tribes and U.S. Territories
AMBER ALERT NETWORK DOJ Efforts to Include Tribes and U.S. Territories Report to Congressional Addressees September 2024 GAO-24-106670 United States Government Accountability Office United States Government Accountability Office Highlights of GAO-24-106670, a report to congressional addressees September 2024 AMBER ALERT NETWORK DOJ Efforts to Include Tribes and U.S. Territories What GAO Found Officials in all five permanently inhabited U.S. territories—American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands—reported having processes for responding to missing and exploited children’s cases and alerting the public but identified challenges. Specifically, two locations—the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands—have an AMBER Alert plan. These plans outline the stakeholders involved and criteria for activating an AMBER Alert delivered through cell phones, radio, or television (see figure). …
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