Thursday, March 19, 2009

Statewide alert system for missing elderly and disabled inching closer toward passage

A widespread alert system for missing elderly, disabled or other vulnerable persons quickly passed a House committee this morning.

State Patrol Capt. Jeff DeVere envisions a notification system similar to the Amber Alert for missing children. The alerts could be broadcast on television and radio stations, as well as on freeway overpass reader boards.

DeVere said the State Patrol would work with agencies to create a localized alert system that would broadcast information about missing persons in the area where they disappeared or where they may have gone. He said agencies don't want to put out too many alerts because the public might grow so accustomed to seeing them that the notices are ignored

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