Jonathan Zdziarski, creator of the first iPhone forensics toolkit, has developed a new iPhone app called AMBER alert, aimed at helping find kidnapped children in the US.
These alerts are issued when missing child cases are granted Amber status — kidnappings of children under age 17 who police believe to be in danger of bodily harm or death.
Zdziarski’s iPhone application will provide a real-time feed of recent alerts including victim photos and information, suspect photos and descriptions, vehicle photos and descriptions and a reporting mechanism allowing users to report sightings.
The Amber Alert program was created in 1996 after the kidnapping and killing of nine-year-old Amber Hagerman from Arlington, Texas.
The free app is pending approval by Apple.
Via MacNN
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