Athena Alert >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT ON STORIES S THE DEALER. NOW HIS LAW, THIS MOVE TO SPEED OF THE RESPONSE TIME WITH THE CHILD GOES MISSING. KENTUCKY'S ASHTON ANDERSON LIVE IN STUDIO TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AMBER ALERT. AND ATHENA ALERTS ACTUALLY. >> WE'LL KNOW. HAS THE ATHENA ALERT HOUSE BILL. 35 56 BECAME A LOT JUNE 13 AND UNLIKE OTHER LAWS JUST RECENTLY PASSED, DPS TELLS US IS IN EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. >> AMBER ALERT HAVE TO MEET FOR STRICT RULES BEFORE THE PUBLIC IS NOTIFIED TO STATEWIDE NOTIFICATION >> BUT GET THAT THING HAS TO BE A PART OF THE TERMINATION. A NEW LAW IN EFFECT, THE AT THE ALERT IS NAMED AFTER 7 YEAR-OLD ATHENA STRAND WHO WAS KILLED AFTER BEING ABDUCTED IN WISE COUNTY. FORTUNATELY, I KEPT GETTING MET WITH THE SAME RESPONSE THAT SHE AND HER CASE DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR AN AMBER ALERT TO BE ISSUED. AT THE END, HIS MOTHER PUSHED FOR THE BILL THAT IS NOW LAW TO CUT DOWN RESPONSE TIME FROM AUTHORITIES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. SO NO ONE ELSE HAS TO GO THROUGH. WHAT SHE DID WAS MORE DISCRETION PROVIDED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL >> AND THE BIGGEST POINT GAIN THAT IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO RULE OUT. KIDNAPPING OF A CHILD IS REPORTED MISSING. POLICE AND SHERIFF OFFICES CAN NOW SEND OUT A NOTIFICATION WITHIN 100 MILE RADIUS IN A LOCAL AND Local notification SURROUNDING COUNTY. >> BASES BY THE CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL OF THE AGENCY GETTING THE WORD OUT FAST BECAUSE PRECIOUS LIVES ARE ON THE LINE. I HOPE THAT IT WILL SAVE LIVES AND I'M ALL IN OF AS MUCH LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN BE GIVEN SO THAT PEOPLE CAN More notifications HAVE MORE DISCRETION AND OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IT. THIS COULD LEAD TO MORE NOTIFICATIONS POPPING UP ON YOUR PHONE. BUT PANOLA COUNTY SHERIFF CUTTER CLINTON DOESN'T THINK THAT WILL BE A PROBLEM. OUR SOCIETY IS. >> I'M KIND OF GLUED TO OUR PHONES AND AND RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS. NOTHING NEW. WE'RE NOTHING THEN PEOPLE DON'T EXPECT ONE OF MOBILE PHONE TAKING THE RIGHT STEPS TO MEND THE GAP WHEN TIME IS OF THE