States With Blue Alert System. Blue Alerts - A Blue Alert is activated when a suspect is at large about killing or injuring a law enforcement official and. The Blue Alert system is used in many states. EAS participants radio and television broadcasters cable systems satellite radio and television providers and wireline video providers deliver local alerts. The Blue Alert Program may be activated when a suspect for a crime involving the death or serious injury of a law-enforcement officer has not been apprehended and may be a serious threat to the public or when a law-enforcement officer is missing while in the line of duty under circumstances warranting concern for the law-enforcement officers safety.
TEXAS KLTV - Law enforcement activated a statewide notification system after a suspect shot a sheriffs deputy Monday night in the Wichita Falls area. Get updates about Senate activity regarding Blue Alert System. Delaware - January 1 2011. Blue Alerts have been active in the state of Texas since Governor Rick Perry signed and executive order in 2008 to speed up the apprehension of criminals who seriously injure or kill law. AMBER Blue and Silver. The Blue Alert Program may be activated when a suspect for a crime involving the death or serious injury of a law-enforcement officer has not been apprehended and may be a serious threat to the public or when a law-enforcement officer is missing while in the line of duty under circumstances warranting concern for the law-enforcement officers safety.
A cryptic statewide Blue Alert was sent out Monday night.
Amber Alerts - The Arizona AMBER Alert Plan is a voluntary partnership between law enforcement agencies and broadcasters to send out an emergency alert to the public when a child is abducted. The COPS Office provides resources and technical assistance to states law enforcement agencies and other stakeholders seeking to establish or enhance an existing Blue Alert plan. Florida - May 5 2008 Formally Known as LEO ALERT 2. Blue Alerts can be transmitted to television and radio stations to cellphones and wireless devices to overhead highway message signs and other secondary alerting mechanisms in the same way that AMBER Alerts are commonly issued. The Alert System broadcasts three different alerts. This new National Blue Alert system would coordinate with federal state and local Blue Alert plans.