How the alert works
The alarm system will be activated as soon as there is sufficient information and there are fears that the kidnapped minor is endangered.
The alerts will be announced, based on a special convention, by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, the Federal Roads Office, Swiss Federal Railways, operators of the airports Zurich, Geneva, Basel-Mulhouse, Lugano and Bern and the Swiss News Agency and online media.
In addition, the amber alerts will be transmitted by the mobile operators Swisscom, Sunrise and Orange via text message to their voluntarily registered subscribers.
The cantonal law enforcement authorities will be responsible for the contents of the alarm text and the triggering of the alert. Calls from the public will be answered by a call centre, which will be arranged within 30 minutes by the Federal Police Office.
To register
You can register for the alert service either via text or via a website:
http://www.kidnappingalert.ch/Pages/Register.aspx
Registration via text with “START ALERT (PC)” to “77777″. Example, “START ALERT 8000″. Registration is needed to avoid abuse, the authorities say.
All service providers charge 20 centimes (regardless of the user’s type of mobile phone subscription) to register or opt out of the kidnap alert service, or to change the postcode. The transmission of a kidnap alert text message is free of charge.
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