Do hotels and restaurants get Amber alerts?

[KentuckyWoman]

The internet sounds as if governments just get it.

We have an acquiantance whose granddaughter is missing and presumed to be a runaway. Do authorities blanket the hotels and fast food places where a teen might pass through?

[elleng]

1. Dunno, but clearly they should.

Ask your local police, for relevant info.

[Fla Dem]

2. Not sure about commercial places of business, but we get alerts on TV and by phone.

[cyberswede]

3. Amber alerts are for abductions, I think, not suspected runaways

The AMBER Alert™ Program is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, transportation agencies, and the wireless industry, to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases. The goal of an AMBER Alert is to instantly galvanize the entire community to assist in the search for and the safe recovery of the child.

http://www.amberalert.gov/

[KentuckyWoman]

4. They approved the Amber alert because of the situation.

She's been found thanks to the Amber Alert. There was a teacher involved.

[cyberswede]

5. That's good!