Ohio AMBER Alert Advisory Committee to Hold Public Meeting Thursday

The Ohio AMBER Alert Advisory Committee will meet Thursday, October 15, at 10 a.m. in Columbus.

The meeting will take place at the Ohio Emergency Management Agency building, located at 2855 West Dublin-Granville Road.

A call-in option will be available beginning at 9:50 a.m. by calling 877-304-9269 and entering conference passcode 9611324.

Agenda topics include reviews of AMBER Alerts, Blue Alerts, Endangered Missing Child Alerts and Endangered Missing Adult Alerts.

Committee members will also discuss alerts training, revisions to the Ohio Alerts Plan, House Bills 359 and 677, an update from the CECOMS Regional Expansion Subcommittee and an alerts flowchart.

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 Sheriff’s 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.

This meeting is open to the public.

Please direct any questions to Capt. Chris Kinn at cjkinn@dps.ohio.gov.