AMBER ALERT
What is AMBER alert?
The AMBER Alert System began in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth broadcasters teamed up with local police to develop an early warning system to help find abducted children. AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response and was created as a legacy to 9-year old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas, and then brutally murdered. Other states and communities soon instituted similar plans as the idea was adopted across the nation. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the U.S. Department of Justice assumed responsibility for co-ordination at the national level.
Modeled after the Texas program, the New York State AMBER Alert Plan is a voluntary partnership between law enforcement, broadcasters and others to immediately involve the public, especially motorists, in the search for an abducted child.
To recieve instant AMBER Alert notifications by e-mail or by wireless directly to your cell phone click on the AMBER Alert images located to the right.
What should you do during an AMBER alert?
1) Note Alert details and be observant
2) Immediately call police or 911 with any information that may help to locate the child.
3) Provide specific details such as: the exact location and time of the sighting; descriptions of the
child(ren), accomplice(s) and automobile(s); and direction of travel.
4) Do not take action which could endanger your safety or escalate danger to the abducted child.
NEW YORK STATE AMBER ALERT SYSTEM INFORMATION
Sex Offender Registry
The New York State sex offender registry helps protect our families and communities by requiring sex offenders to register, and providing this information to law enforcement and the public. You are now on the public part of the Sex Offender Registry.
Sex offenders are classified by risk level:
Level one (low risk)
Level two (medium risk)
Level three (high risk).
Level 1 offenders are required to register for a minimum of twenty years, and level 2 and 3 offenders for life.
Police and law enforcement have access to information on all sex offenders (levels 1, 2 and 3). However, under the law, information on level 1 (low-risk) offenders is not available on the public website. Only level 2 and 3 offenders are listed on the registry and available to the public.
NEW YORK STATE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY SYSTEM INFORMATION
NEW YORK STATE'S MOST WANTED FUGITIVES
Identity Theft
The FTC website is a one-stop national resource to learn about the crime of identity theft. It provides detailed information to help you deter, detect, and defend against identity theft.
Consumers can learn how to avoid identity theft – and learn what to do if their identity is stolen. Businesses can learn how to help their customers deal with identity theft, as well as how to prevent problems in the first place. Law enforcement can get resources and learn how to help victims of identity theft.
There are more than eight million new victims of identity theft each year in the U.S. Many of these victims find that crooks have used stolen personal information like Social Security numbers to open new accounts in their victim’s name. A security freeze gives consumers the choice to “freeze” or lock access to their credit file against anyone trying to open up a new account or to get new credit in their name.
When a security freeze is in place at all three major credit bureaus, an identity thief cannot open a new account because the potential creditor or seller of services will not be able to check the credit file. When the consumer is applying for credit, he or she can lift the freeze temporarily using a PIN so legitimate applications for credit or services can be processed.
Eligibility: All consumers.
Fees: No fees for identity theft victims. All others can place the freeze for free the first time it is used. These consumers pay $5 to lift it temporarily or remove it altogether. If they wish to re-start the freeze after it is removed, they pay a $5 fee.
Effective date of law: November 1, 2006
Permanent freeze remains until removal requested by consumer.
For more information watch the following informational video
Click here to view
IDENTITY THEFT AND INTERNET SECURITY
Internet Safety
The Internet offers exciting and unprecedented opportunities for children and families to obtain and share information. However, as wonderful as the Internet is, the various "potholes" on the information highway are real and potentially harmful.
With the advancement of the Internet and the reality of Web 2.0, which includes the evolution of collaboration and sharing of information between users through methods such as social networking sites, wikis, and blogs, it is more important than ever for parents to keep current on what online risks exist for children and what to do about them.
Click On Image For A Copy Of The Federal Government's Official ID Theft Affidavit
Important Information:
Always carry your insurance card and vehicle registration.
It is against the NYS law to drive without these items in your possession.
Keep a list of emergency numbers in the glove compartment at all times. This list should include at least two emergency contacts as well as your physician's name, address and phone number.
Keep a medical card with you if you have allergies to any medicine or you have a condition that requires special attention.
Print and Keep a copy of The NYS MV104 that you will need to submit in case of a fender bender
Printable NYS DMV MV104 ACCIDENT REPORT
Click on image of MV104 for an
online printable version
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