http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=11909770
State Authorities Work to Get Wider Missing-Child Alerts
Posted: Jan 31, 2010 4:36 PM CST Updated: Feb 01, 2010 9:26 AM CST
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An Amber Alert for Aja said she was believed to be in the company of her stepfather, Lester Hobbs.
Associated Press
GERONIMO, OK — The lack of any sighting in Oklahoma of a missing 7-year-old girl has prompted some officials to argue that missing-children alerts shouldn’t be limited just to the state where a child disappeared.
Comanche County Sheriff Kenny Stradley said he had assumed Amber Alerts were broadcast nationwide, but found out otherwise during last week’s search for Aja Johnson after the little girl’s mother, Tonya Hobbs, was found slain.
Say, WHAT? I hope this is a case of bad reporting. Otherwise someone didn’t get the memo.
This sheriff has somehow not understood that Amber Alerts are interstate, not intrastate. Amber Alerts have been used for about seven years now.
How could such information fall through those cracks?
DANG! Seriously?
