Below is text taken from the correspondence of Chief W. Nim Kidd of Texas Division of Emergency Management to Texas BeyondMissing.com subscribers:

...To assure a continuation of services for current BeyondMissing.com subscribers, we recommend users register prior to the January 15th, 2013 implementation date. Registration only requires an email address and ZIP code where you wish to receive alerts. The DPS does not transfer or sell your information. Subscriber email addresses and ZIP code data will only be used for AMBER Alert distribution purposes. Please use the following DPS website link to register:

http://www.dps.texas.gov/dem/AmberAlert/AmberRegister.aspx

It is the intent of the Department to ensure current BeyondMissing.com subscribers receive the same level of exceptional service and dependability, as provided by Beyondmissing.com. We look forward to your continued participation and vigilance, towards assisting law enforcement recover abducted children.

Sincerely,


W. Nim Kidd, CEM ®
Assistant Director
Texas Department of Public Safety
Chief
Texas Division of Emergency Management


view the full TX DPS transition letter.

Our nonprofit’s Amber Alert and Local Amber Alert technology has been officially part of the Texas Amber Alert Plan since 2002. As of today, Texas AMBER Alert public notification services will be transitioning from BeyondMissing.com to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).

We have valued the opportunity to serve the good citizens of Texas and we have appreciated working with the Texas law enforcement community. It has been an honor having provided you with the first Internet based Amber Alert creation/notification technology.

BeyondMissing's customized Amber Alert tools will continue to be available to Texas registered law enforcement users through February 2013.

With our continued support,


Marc Klaas
President
BeyondMissing, Inc.

Since March 2001, our nationwide nonprofit has successfully provided America’s law enforcement, media and public with efficient internet based tools to create and distribute flyers of abducted and missing children.

It is through the generosity of our ongoing contributors that we celebrate 10 years of BeyondMissing providing law enforcement and parents with free flyer technology to help find abducted/missing children.

The Robert Campeau Family Foundation (U.S.)
Stephen & Mary Birch Foundation

________ Individual Donors Via _________

Causes on FaceBook
Network for Good

Thank you for your continued support!

BeyondMissing truly appreciates the ongoing support received from individuals and organizations. We thank those that have provided contributions/donations.

The Robert Campeau Family Foundation (U.S.)
Stephen & Mary Birch Foundation

________ Individual Donors Via _________

Causes on FaceBook
Sears You Can Make a Difference Fund
Marc and Violet Klaas
Howard and Andria Topel

Once again, thank you for your generous donation!

BeyondMissing values and appreciates all the people and organizations that support our non-profit. We want to extend a THANK YOU to the following for their generous 2007 contributions:

KlaasKids Foundation
Morgan Stanley Foundation
The Robert Campeau Family Foundation (U.S.)
Stephen & Mary Birch Foundation

________ Individual Donors Via _________

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Sears You Can Make a Difference Fund

The annual Northeast Texas Crime Victims' Rights Conference was held in Tyler in Smith County on April 26-27th. The event is held in conjunction with the National Crime Victims' Rights Week. Marc Klaas, founder of BeyondMissing, Inc. and KlaasKids Foundation, was one of the scheduled speakers. To learn more about Marc Klaas' comments at the event, go to www.tylerpaper.com and read the article “Polly Klaas' Dad: ‘Everything Changed’ After Daughter's Death” by staff writer Casey Knaupp.

Article link:
http://www.tylerpaper.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070426/NEWS07/70426013

Today BeyondMissing is honored and delighted to announce the continued financial support of the Morgan Stanley Foundation which represents support from all of the business units with Morgan Stanley, including Discover Financial Services, MSCI Barra, PULSE, and Van Kampen Investments.

Ongoing financial support from Morgan Stanley Foundation and the Morgan Stanley employees has been vital to our organization. We thank and commend Morgan Stanley for their commitment to America's children and America's law enforcement by establishing a relationship with BeyondMissing. Supporting BeyondMissing's abducted/missing child flyer program means we will continue to bring children home safely! www.morganstanley.com.

Dec 21, 2006 News Release

Texas Governor Rick Perry has announced the award of $100,000 to BeyondMissing, Inc., to provide a web-based system to support law enforcement agencies in the development of Amber Alert flyers on suspected child abductions. This grant is awarded under the State Criminal Justice Planning Fund and is distributed by the Governor's Criminal Justice Division (CJD).

"With these funds, law enforcement officials will be better able to protect children from violent predators," Perry said.

The Texas Amber Alert Network provides 24-hour support to local law enforcement agencies that report and investigate child abduction cases, and issues both regional and statewide public alerts for emergency child abduction cases.

Each year, the Governor's Criminal Justice Division awards more than $113 million in grants for a variety of juvenile justice, criminal justice and victim services programs.

During a visit to Washington D.C. in February of 2006, Marc Klaas had the opportunity to touch base with Representative Mark Green and Erin Runnion. Ms. Runnion is the mother of Samantha Runnion and founder of The Joyful Child Foundation.

The D.C. visit also provided an opportunity for Marc Klaas to talk with Judge Ted Poe (Texas Congressman) and Mark Lunsford. Judge Poe is an established victims' rights and notable child safety advocate and Mr. Lunsford is the father to Jessica Lunsford (Florida).


Marc Klaas, Rep. Mark Green and Erin Runnion


Mark Lunsford (wearing a Jessica tie), Judge Poe and Marc Klaas

ConocoPhillips recognizes and supports programs protecting America's children and has again shown support for the mission and activities of BeyondMissing through a generous 2006 contribution to our non-profit. Visit www.conocophillips.com for additional information on ConocoPhillips philanthropic activities.

BeyondMissing has expanded its services and as of May 20, 2005 will offer registered users access to an Amber Alert flyer template. The Amber Alert flyer template will function very much the same as the Abduction Alert and Missing Child Alert templates that registered users have had access to since 2001.

These services are available to all of America's law enforcement agencies at no cost.

Access to the Amber Alert flyer tool has been made possible by the cooperative agreement between the Department of Justice Office of Justice Program's award between the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and Beyond Missing, Inc. dated May 20, 2005. The title of the project is Beyond Missing Amber Alert Poster Creation and Distribution Project.

New for 2005 is the enhanced version of the Parent Flyer Tool. BeyondMissing has provided parents with an easy to use on-line template to create a flyer/poster of their missing child since 2001. Flyers can be created in either English or Spanish. The new, updated version released in April of 2005 allows a parent to save the flyer that they create and make updates to the flyer at any time. A flyer created using the BeyondMissing Parent Flyer Tool is identified as such and will also have a date stamp indicating the date and time the flyer was created.

Parent Flyer Tool

San Antonio, TX: On Monday, August 2, 2004 Child safety advocate Marc Klaas joined SBC Chairman Ed Whitacre and US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) at the San Antonio based Heidi Search Center to announce $1 million worth of SBC Axcelerator Technology Grants to enhance Amber Alert projects in 13 select States.

     Mr. Klaas, the president of the non-profit BeyondMissing, Inc. applauds SBC for continuing to display corporate leadership in this important arena. "Many claim to support efforts to protect children, but few are willing to back up rhetoric with resource," said Klaas. The partnership between SBC and BeyondMissing that began in 2002 resulted in the first pager/cell phone text messaging system to assist in the recovery of kidnapped children. Klaas said, "By working together toward a common goal, SBC and BeyondMissing utilized existing corporate regional notification networks to provide pager and cell phone text messaging to assist in the recovery of kidnapped children."

     BeyondMissing was the first to offer an Amber Alert application for law enforcement agencies, which can be distributed to other law enforcement agencies and community organizations via fax, email and SMS text messaging (recipients include law enforcement, media assignment desks, highway motels, convenience stores, fast food outlets, bus stations, utility providers, SBC field representatives and concerned citizens.)

     Despite recent reports to the contrary BeyondMissing was the first organization to provide email and text messaging capabilities to all text compatible cell phone subscribers. "This is why we are proud to assist in SBC's generous philanthropy," said Klaas. "Hopefully, other companies will follow their lead so that America's children are even better protected in the future."


Left to right: SBC Communications Vice President Forrest Miller, SBC Communications Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), look on while Beyond Missing, Inc President Marc Klaas addresses the group gathered for the announcement of a $1 million grant program for Amber Alert technology.


Left to right: Vice President and GM of Clear Channel Tom Gladevice, SBC Communications Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), President SBC Foundation Laura Sanford, President Beyond Missing Marc Klaas.

When a child goes missing and an Amber Alert is issued, it is important that as many people as possible receive the information contained in that alert quickly, according to law enforcement officials.

Link

General Growth Properties Portfolio of Malls To Serve as 'Amber Alert' Sites

March 24, 2004--Chicago-based General Growth Properties (GGP), the country's second largest shopping center owner, developer and manager, announced today its 172 shopping centers in 41 states have joined the list of location sites for local Amber Alerts. Approximately 2 billion shoppers pass through General Growth Properties' portfolio of centers every year. These numbers are crucial when it comes to the search for missing children.

Link - Businesswire

Some news articles that may be of interest:

Carlie Brucia's Light Must Shine On
- Fox News

Keeping Our Children Safe in an Unsafe World
- www.BabyZone.com

BEYONDMISSING AMBER ALERT CROSSES STATE BORDERS TO RECOVER KIDNAPPED CHILD

Amber Alert Technology Application Assists Michigan Law Enforcement

SAUSALITO, Calif. - At 8:00 am EST this morning a Michigan Amber Alert was issued for a missing toddler, whom police thought might be headed to Sodus Point, NY. 22-month-old Bella Ann Rudduck was last seen in the community of Albion, located in Calhoun County, Michigan. Based on information provided by an eyewitness, the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department believed that her father Harold Rudduck, Jr. and her grandfather kidnapped Bella.

BeyondMissing, Inc. provided the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office with a flyer of Bella, developed using a universal platform that easily and quickly creates, distributes and posts high resolution graphic and text flyers of missing children. Upon receiving authorization from Lt. Bill Burgess of the Calhoun County Sheriff Dept., the agency with case jurisdiction, the BeyondMissing flyer was distributed to targeted recipients.

Utilizing broadcast fax, email, and SMS (cell phone) text-messaging thousands of copies of Bella's photo flyer, was distributed to law enforcement agencies, media outlets, service stations, fast food outlets, convenience stores, and bus stations within a 200-mile radius of the point from which she was kidnapped. An additional distribution for the Michigan Amber Alert flyer targeted recipients in a 75-mile radius from Sodus Point, New York.

Shortly after 6:00 PM EST the Wayne County Sheriff's Department in Sodus Point, New York arrested Harold Rudduck Jr. and his father. In thanking BeyondMissing, Inc. for their assistance, Lt. Burgess conceded that, "The entire operation was an outstanding demonstration of law enforcement, media sources, and community pulling together on a National level. It allowed us to make the appropriate arrest and take the child into protective custody."

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Links:
Agencies are too slow to issue Amber Alert
Scarborough Country Transcript: Crying Wolf

BeyondMissing has a new look! Tell us what you think!

ericg@beyondmissing.com

An interesting article about the current state of the nationwide Amber Alert, by Cindy Williams:

An urgent call for national Amber

A new press release from BeyondMissing.

BEYONDMISSING SURVEY FINDINGS UNCOVER
MYTHS AND REALITIES OF AMBER ALERT SYSTEM

Click here to read the press release

CourtTV has posted a transcript of an online chat session with BeyondMissing's founder, Marc Klaas.

Link:
http://www.courttv.com/talk/chat_transcripts/2001/0607klaas.html

The BeyondMissing staff has further tested Netscape versions 6.2 and 7.02 and has found problems with Netscape's HTML form submission. This makes flyer creation for registered users impossible with Netscape at the moment.

To successfully create flyers with BeyondMissing we suggest that you use a recent version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, either version 5.5 or 6.0. We have tested extensively using these browsers and have found no major problems with creating flyers.

If we fix the compatibility issues with Netscape, we will inform you in this news page.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Eric Gurtner
BeyondMissing Developer

Netscape 4 browsers do not currently work with BeyondMissing.

We recommend that you upgrade to at least Netscape version 6 in order to use the full functionality of BeyondMissing.

Please visit the following site to download and upgrade.
Netscape.com

Eric Gurtner
BeyondMissing Developer

There is a NEW PDF document describing BeyondMissing's purpose, mission, and successes over the past few years. Feel free to take a look!

Link to PDF Document:
about_beyondmissing_web_version.pdf (1 megabyte)

You will need Acrobat Reader to view this document, this download is free!

Click here to download Adobe Reader.

Lindsey Diane Ryan has been found on March 24, 2003!

"A 14-year-old Michigan girl missing since March 1 was recovered safely Monday and her convicted murderer companion was arrested without incident, the California Highway Patrol said.

A CHP trooper stopped a suspicious looking vehicle near Susanville, Calif., northwest of Reno, Nev., said CHP spokesman Tom Marshall."

...

"The white pickup had been painted black, but 'something about the truck caught (the trooper's) attention and the license plate matched up,' Marshall said. 'He got her out of the vehicle,' then arrested Drake without incident."

Good work!

Marc Klass and Mike Eagan with Miss America Erika Harold in San Francisco, showing support for state supported child day care for low income families.

New Amber Alert Overviews

We have built two brief presentational descriptions of how the Amber Alert system works with BeyondMissing.

Click the following link for more info!
BeyondMissing Amber Alert Page

Gov. Perry Announces Expansion of Texas Amber Alert Network.

09-13-2002 - Read the press release

Texas Governor Rick Perry establishes state-wide Amber Alert Program.

08-12-2002 - Read the press release

Some pictures from the announcement press conference:


Governor Rick Perry makes the announcement.

Marc Klaas speaks to the press.

The BeyondMissing development team has finished the spanish translation of the parent flyer section!

Try it now!
More Good News!!
11-14-2001 - BeyondMissing gets congressional funding!

BeyondMissing.com has it's first success!

03-01-2001 - Mom Uses Web Site To Create Missing Person Flier

03-03-2001 - BeyondMissing - Mother Uses New Website To Recover Missing Child

03-07-2001 - Web Aided Search For Girl

The BeyondMissing development team has updated the site to be more compatible with Netscape.

The parents section has also been expanded so parents can make their own flyers for missing children.
Try it now!

BeyondMissing is the most comprehensive database of missing children. BeyondMissing is the only web-based solution to assist law enforcement agencies in preparing and distributing information about missing children. This web site is a collaboration between Marc Klaas of the KlaasKids Foundation, and Mike Eagan of Marin Media Solutions. Marin Media Solutions accepted the challenge of making Marc Klaas's vision of a web based solution a reality. BeyondMissing is in the process of being tested and being used on a limited basis with full US nationwide use to begin in the fall of 2002.