Amber Alert test experiences glitch...

Amber Alert test experiences glitch: Rutland Herald Online:

"MONTPELIER — A test of Vermont's Amber Alert system — a law enforcement program to get notifications out quickly when children go missing — turned up a problem Thursday morning.

Vermont State Police officials say a mass e-mail that was supposed to go a large number of recipients did not work as planned.

Authorities say they were able to correct the problem, and the system was functioning by Thursday afternoon.

Vermont has had only one alert under the national program, this past June when 12-year-old Brooke Bennett of Braintree disappeared. She was later found dead and her uncle, 42-year-old Michael Jacques of Randolph, has been charged with abducting, raping and killing her.

— Staff and wire reports"

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Vermont State Police to test state's Amber Alert system on 12/4/2008

Vermont State Police will test the state's Amber Alert system on Thursday morning.

This will be only the third test of the system since it was installed several years ago. Activation responsibilities have moved from offices in Waterbury, to offices in Rockingham, so police want to make sure there are no glitches.

Vermont's Amber Alert system has only been used once, during the search for Brooke Bennett this summer. State Police say that incident revealed some glitches that have now been fixed.
"One of the benefits that came out of that was we were contacted by a number of different entities, including CCTA, the post office, the postal service and a couple of others who actually want to be on the direct activation list, so they want to get that information first and they will distribute it amongst their people," said Vermont State Police Lt. Mark Lauer.

Police plan to run the test Thursday 12/4/08 at around 10 a.m. It will look like a real alert, except that there will be a note at the end and beginning indicating it is a test.

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