{"id":80246,"date":"2026-01-13T10:03:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=80246"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:03:32","slug":"amber-alert-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/13\/amber-alert-awareness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"AMBER Alert Awareness Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 13 marks AMBER Alert Awareness Day, and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding Ontarians that AMBER Alerts are a call for the public’s help to find a child in danger.<\/p>\n

An AMBER Alert is an emergency broadcast that is issued in the event of a child abduction. It is only issued when the abducted child is believed to be at imminent risk of bodily harm or death.<\/p>\n

When the alert is issued, the description of the child (and, if available, the alleged suspect or involved vehicle) is immediately broadcast through television, radio and LTE-connected and compatible wireless devices via\u00a0Alert Ready, Canada’s emergency alerting system.<\/p>\n

The issuing of an AMBER Alert is not taken lightly. Before an AMBER Alert is issued, specific guidelines must be met, and all of the following criteria must be satisfied:<\/p>\n

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  1. The law enforcement agency believes a child under 18 years of age has been abducted.<\/li>\n
  2. The law enforcement agency believes the child is in danger of serious bodily harm or death.<\/li>\n
  3. There is enough descriptive information about one or more of the following: the child, the abductor, and\/or the vehicle, which is sufficient to allow the law enforcement agency to believe that an immediate broadcast alert will help in locating the child.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    During an AMBER Alert, time is critical. If you see or hear an alert, you should watch for the child, suspect and\/or vehicle described, and report tips or sightings immediately by calling 9-1-1.<\/p>\n

    Calling 911 to complain about an AMBER Alert is considered public mischief and may result in charges.<\/p>\n

    Learn more about AMBER Alerts and how you can help by visiting opp.ca\/AMBERAlert<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    January 13 marks AMBER Alert Awareness Day, and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding Ontarians that AMBER Alerts are a call for the public’s help to find a child in danger. An AMBER Alert is an emergency broadcast that is issued in the event of a child abduction. It is only issued when the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-provincial"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 07:23:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80247,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80246\/revisions\/80247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}