SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (KUTV) â
An abducted Utah woman was found and the suspect arrested after police mistook the victim for a child and issued an AMBER Alert. Many have asked why emergency alerts are not issued for endangered adults more often.
There are different types of emergency alerts, each needs to meet certain criteria. AMBER Alerts are for children 17 and younger, who are abducted, and in danger. Silver alerts are for endangered adults 60 and older, who have been diagnosed with dementia.
That leaves a gap for adults age 18 to 59.
There is another kind of alert that would cover these cases, but Utah doesn't use them.