Born out of a desire to use maximum public participation to recover children in only the most serious child abduction situations, the Amber Plan is an innovative way to protect our children. It is a cooperative agreement between the Office of the Governor, the Department of Public Safety, the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, and various law enforcement agencies in the state of Oklahoma. The Plan is an early warning system available for use by law enforcement to alert the public when a child has been kidnapped and the police believe the child is in danger. It is hoped that the early warning distributed by the state radio and television Emergency Alert System (EAS) will coerce a kidnapper into releasing a child, for fear of being caught.