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What is a Blue Alert?

You've probably gotten a statewide Blue Alert issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety, but what exactly is a Blue Alert? An alert was sent Wednesday night after the FBI said Benjamin Hanil ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Amber Alerts are the most common mass notification that people are used to seeing. On Monday, the Kansas City area received a Blue Alert during a manhunt for a suspect who shot a ...
Phones buzzed across Texas just before 8 p.m. Wednesday with a high-priority emergency alert. But it wasn't about flooding, a storm, or a missing child. It was about a five-day-old shooting at an ICE ...
Earlier this year Jared Timbrook, a police officer in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, responded to a domestic disturbance and was shot four times while chasing a suspect on foot. Thankfully, Officer Timbrook ...
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UPDATE, 12:40 p.m. | The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has issued a Blue Alert in Kansas on behalf of the Missouri State Highway Patrol's alert. Anyone who sees Thomas Eugene Tolbert is asked to call ...
DALLAS — The Blue Alert was launched in Texas in 2008 when then-governor Rick Perry signed Executive Order RP-68. It was created to let residents across the state know when an offender who killed or ...
Cold weather is expected to continue in the coming days. Here's where you can access warming centers in Monmouth County: ...
A Code Blue Alert has been issued in Lebanon County due to forecasted cold temperatures. Temperatures in Lebanon are expected ...
Texas has eight standardized public safety advisories coordinated by the Texas DPS. These advisories are placed on local media, road signs, social media, smart devices and computer screens at ...