In an effort to familiarize readers with the technology of Indiana's Amber Alert system, this report will examine its source, users, funding, and relationship to the Emergency Alert System, sometimes called the Broadcast System emergency. . The history and criteria of the system will be examined, as well as the collaboration, sharing and funding of the program. Local information will be discussed from the perspective of a local law enforcement officer. Statewide information will be discussed from the perspective of the director of the Indiana Amber Alert Clearinghouse in Indianapolis. It was just another day of play for nine-year-old Amber Hagerman when she was kidnapped while taking a bike ride in her Arlington, Texas, neighborhood. in January 1997 (State of Indiana Amber Alert Plan, 2010). Hearing a child's cry, a neighbor looked out the window of her home and saw a child being pulled from her bike and pushed into the front seat of a pickup truck. Aside from a brief description of the truck and its driver, the neighbor was unable to offer any other information to police detectives called to the scene. Arlington police along with agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation interviewed other people near the crime scene. Nobody saw anything. Local radio and television stations broadcast news of the kidnapping and a dogged search for Amber ensued. Four days later, Amber's body was found in a drainage ditch four miles from the original abduction site. Her throat was cut. The case of the kidnapping and murder of Amber Hagerman remains unsolved to this day (Indiana State Amber Alert Plan, 2010). This event prompted an Arlington citizen to contact a Dallas, Texas radio station to suggest that the child abductions be broadcast. . middle of paper ...... Cited Amber Alert Brochure, (2010). Article retrieved July 8, 2010 from http://www.in.govFederal Communications Commission, (2010). The emergency alert system. Article retrieved July 28, 2010 from http://www.fcc.gov Indiana State General Assembly (1999). House Bill No. 1869. Article retrieved June 30, 2010 from http://www.in.govMoore, L., (2010). Amber Alert Program Technology. Article retrieved July 8, 2010 from http://www.policyarchive.orgState of Indiana Amber Alert Plan, (2010). Article extracted June 30, 2010 from http://www.amberalertindiana.comTrilithic, (2010). Common alert protocol status. Article retrieved July 28, 2010 from http://www.trilithic.com United States Department of Justice (2010). Technology standards and guidelines. Article retrieved July 8, 2010 from http://www.amberalert.gov