Is Scout an AMBER Alert system?
No. Scout is a traffic management tool that uses it technology to alert freeway drivers to problems on the road ahead. However, Scout also uses it message boards to notify drivers of emergency alerts such as evacuations and child abductions (AMBER Alerts). Scout does not determine whether an AMBER Alert is issued. Locally, those decisions are left to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), the Kansas City Metro Police Squad, and/or the Missouri Highway Patrol. When either or all of those entities declares an AMBER Alert, they notify local media along with staff at Scout’s operations center . Both the media and Scout voluntarily choose to notify the public as quickly as possible. When Scout receives an official AMBER Alert notification, Scout verifies the information with the agency that issued the AMBER Alert then posts the alert on its freeway message boards.
