(Columbus) – The Ohio AMBER Alert Advisory Committee announced the release of a new video series regarding the activation process and criteria for each of Ohio’s four statewide alerts.
The videos, which were posted to the Ohio AMBER Plan website today, https://ohioamberplan.org/Home/Training, cover the activation process in Ohio for an AMBER Alert, Endangered Missing Child Alert, Endangered Missing Adult Alert and Blue Alert. The videos were produced to provide the general public with an understanding of what takes place during the activation of each alert, as well as a resource for local and county agencies for roll-call training due to the high-risk/low-frequency nature of agencies handling incidents that may require an alert.
Each alert is covered through a series of four short videos (2-3 min. each) in which viewers can learn what the specific alert means, the criteria for issuing the alert, the investigating agency’s responsibility for each alert and the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s and/or Ohio Attorney General’s Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation responsibilities for each alert.
“These series of videos are intended to provide Ohio’s first responders and the general public with vital information when a community is faced with a situation in which one of Ohio’s four statewide alerts are needed,” said Ohio State Highway Patrol Captain Ron Raines, who is a member of the Ohio AMBER Alert Advisory Committee. “The Ohio AMBER Alert Advisory Committee and all its member organizations hope these alerts never have to be used, but these videos are part of the commitment to ensuring when they are needed, first responders and general public can work together and afford the best chance for a safe recovery of the victims of abduction or other life-threatening situations.”
The Ohio State Highway Patrol appreciates the collaboration in the production of these videos from the Grove City Police Department, Bexley Police Department, Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office, Ohio Department of Transportation, Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Ohio Department of Public Safety.
The Ohio AMBER Alert Advisory Committee is composed of representatives from the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ohio Department of Transportation, Attorney General’s Office – BCI, Missing Persons Unit, State Emergency Communications Committee, Buckeye State Sheriffs’ Association, Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police, Ohio Association of Broadcasters, a victim’s advocate, a community member and a representative from a local/regional AMBER plan.