SLED Recognizes National AMBER Alert Awareness Day 2026

The State of South Carolina developed and initiated a statewide emergency broadcast/alert system ("Operation Child Alert") for missing/abducted children in South Carolina back in 1993. 

 

Then, in 2002, the AMBER Alert became a cooperative effort between South Carolina law enforcement personnel and South Carolina broadcasters and allows for the quick dissemination of an urgent bulletin in child abduction cases. 

 

The South Carolina system was also reviewed and substantially enhanced to include many of the criteria outlined in the AMBER Alert. 

 

The SLED Missing Persons Information Center, located in the Fusion Center, activates an AMBER Alert with the goal of instantly galvanizing the entire community to assist in the search for and safe return of the child. 

 

More information about requesting an AMBER Alert can be found on SLED’s website.