Updated at 7:16 a.m., Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Maile Amber Alert test to broadcast statewide
Advertiser Staff
A test of the Maile Amber Alert system will be conducted at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday on Kaua'i.The test will originate from the Kaua'i Police Department and will be broadcast statewide through the state Civil Defense Emergency Alert System. Radio and TV programs will be interrupted during the broadcast. It is one of two tests held during the year to ensure equipment and procedures are in place in the event of an actual alert.
Maile Amber Alert represents "minor abducted in life-threatening emergency" and "America's missing broadcast emergency response," and is named in memory of 6-year-old Maile Gilbert of Kailua and 9-year-old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas.
For a Maile Amber Alert to be issued in Hawai'i, the victim must be 17 years or younger and believed to be in a life-threatening situation.
