ARLINGTON, Texas — January 13 marks National Amber Alert Awareness Day, commemorating the 1996 abduction and murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman in Arlington, Texas. The Amber Alert Program, which stands for “America’s Missing Broadcast Emergency Response,” aims to locate and safely return missing children.
The Odessa Police Department (OPD) has joined forces with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the Texas Center for the Missing to combat human trafficking. As of December 18, 2025, 1,292 children have been recovered through the activation of Amber Alerts, according to the OPD…