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Amber Alert Now an iPhone App

By | March 12th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

The newest application approved for the iPhone by its makers at Apple comes free – and could free missing children from their captors. 

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) got the go-ahead from Apple to distribute an Amber Alert app for the iPhone, that will provide real-time active AMBER alerts including victim
and suspect photos and information.

The app will also provide users with direct phone numbers to police precincts
and a reporting mechanism allowing them to report a sighting. Using the built-in GPS of the iPhone, the NCMEC will be able to directly interface reports from users to geographical information systems to help police pinpoint the location of a sighting. 

In a letter pushing Apple CEO Steve Jobs to speed up approval, the app’s creator, Jonathan Zdziarski said the millions of iPhone users will give missing kids “a LOT more exposure,” noting it will revolutionize reporting to police.

His letter worked – two days later, the app was approved, and you can download it now, for free

Image: Jonathan Zdziarski

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2 Responses to “Amber Alert Now an iPhone App”

  1. Anonymous says:

    4chan strikes again!! PIFTS!!

  2. Anonymous says:

    Too old; Do not want!

    If you go down to the woods today,

    You’re sure of a big surprise
    If you go down to the woods today,
    You’d better go in disguise.
    For ev’ry Pedo that ever there was,
    Will gather there for certain, because
    Today’s the day the Pedo Bears have their picnic.
    Ev’ry Pedo Bear who’s “sportin’ wood”,
    Is sure of a treat today.
    There’s lots of marvelous lolis to lick,
    And wonderful games to play
    Beneath the trees where nobody sees,
    They’ll chase and rape as long as they please
    ‘Cause that’s the way the Pedo Bears have their picnic!

    ~Pedobear

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