[EAS] BLU Alert Comments.

[Sean Donelan]

Statistics are a wonderful thing.

NCMEC includes all news coverage in its definition of broadcast Amber 
Alert, not limited to the EAS generated alert.

Of the approximately 250 Amber Alerts issued a year, about 50 Amber Alerts 
directly resulted the recovery of the child (or children).  Or about 20%.

Of course it varies each year.  In 2016, there were 179 Amber Alerts 
issued, and 43 cases the child (or children) was recovered as a direct 
result of the Amber Alert, or approximately 24%. The rate is similar in 
previous years (20% to 25%).

Again, more than zero.

On Thu, 3 Aug 2017, Ed Czarnecki wrote:
> Regarding Amber Alert, I was at a industry meeting on Monday where 
> NCMEC gave a briefing of their program and of the overall Amber process. 
> NCMEC provided some statistics that gave me a very different picture of 
> the role of EAS and the recovery of at-risk children.  Some 881 cases 
> have been resolved with child recovery with information attributed to a 
> broadcast Amber Alert.  Approximately 40 additional cases were resolved 
> with information attributed to a WEA Amber Alert.