Newbury, Ohio - Distribution Technologies Inc. (DistTech), an established industry leader in dedicated and common carriage for liquid bulk commodities, today announced it has joined the AMBER Alert Highway Network, an initiative to help recover abducted children. The AMBER Alert Highway Network, a collaboration with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) and QUALCOMM® Incorporated and supported by the American Trucking Associations, is the first secondary-distribution initiative to direct AMBER Alerts to professional truck drivers who are near the Alert area.

"DistTech is committed to the communities we serve and honored to play a part in the recovery of abducted children," said John Rakoczy, chief operations officer for DistTech. "We are proud to work with NCMEC and QUALCOMM, and we look forward to hearing about every child that is helped through the AMBER Alert Highway Network."

DistTech joins the growing number of transportation and logistics companies committed to the safety of America's children. The new initiative has the potential to add thousands of trucks and drivers to the AMBER Alert Highway Network. Combined, the member companies dispatch more than 20,000 drivers across the country every day. More than 450 DistTech drivers across the U.S. will participate in the initiative.
DistTech is a longstanding member of the National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC), the leading trade association representing the tank truck industry. The group's member companies rank among the lowest in frequencies of accidents per million miles in Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Safety Status Measurement System (SafeStat) data.

"NTTC fully supports our members' involvement in initiatives such as the AMBER Alert Highway Network," said John Conley, president of NTTC. "Our member companies already operate some of the safest, most vigilant fleets on the nation's highways, and we applaud our members for involving their drivers in this extremely worthwhile effort."

"QUALCOMM is proud to work with NCMEC, DistTech and its drivers across the country to help locate abducted children," said Joan Waltman, president of QUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions. "We're honored to help serve the community with our partners in this noble cause."

Secondary methods of AMBER Alert distribution such as the AMBER Alert Highway Network, which delivers Alerts through QUALCOMM's OmniTRACS® mobile communications solution, assist in achieving the overall goal of the AMBER Alert program: to notify as many people as possible about a recent child abduction and provide information that can help in the search for the abducted child, suspected abductor and/or suspected vehicle, and in the safer return of the child.

"Truck drivers have already proven to be a valuable asset in monitoring the nation's roads for missing children. This technology increases the reach, and therefore the effectiveness, of AMBER Alerts," said NCMEC president and CEO Ernie Allen. "Just one driver knowing what to look for on the road could assist law enforcement in the safer recovery of an abducted child."

Each of the 50 United States has a statewide AMBER Alert program, as do the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Since the program's inception in 1997, AMBER Alerts have been credited with the successful recovery of more than 250 children.

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