For Immediate Release
March 13, 2003
Contact: Rusty Cheuvront or Terry Sebastian -- 502-564-2611 

Gov. Patton signs bill, creates Amber Alert system

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Paul Patton has signed House Bill 36 that allows the Kentucky State Police to implement an Amber Alert system to broadcast information relating to abductions of children. 

Governor Patton said the bill, sponsored by Rep. Carolyn Belcher, D, Owingsville, is the type of measure his administration has supported throughout his terms.  

“Protecting our children and vulnerable adults from abuse and neglect and ensuring their well being has been a priority of this administration,” he said.  

At the end of 2002, the Governor’s Office of Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Services and First Lady Judi Patton worked several months to host training programs for law enforcement professionals, emergency services personnel and local broadcasters on a protocol for Kentucky’s version of the Amber Alert System. For more information on these training sessions: http://firstlady.state.ky.us/press/pressreleases2002.htm.

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