Sign up for Florida's Blue Alerts Email
By: Blake Deshazo
Updated: October 16, 2012
NEWS RELEASE
Sign up for Florida's Blue Alerts Email
For Immediate Release
October 16, 2012
Citizens who want instant notification when a Blue Alert has been activated
can now sign up for email alerts through the Florida Blue Alert system's new website.
In
2011, the Florida Legislature established the Florida Blue Alert Plan
which utilizes the technologies employed by the Amber Alert Plan to
notify the public
of critical information when a law enforcement officer is killed, has
suffered serious bodily injury, or is missing while in the line of duty
and the suspect, who is considered to pose an imminent threat to the
public, is still at large.
In
some of these cases, additional information is available for broadcast
such as a detailed description of the suspect's vehicle or other means
of escape, and/or
the license plate of the suspect's vehicle.
Under
the Blue Alert Plan, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, in
conjunction with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor
Vehicles' Florida
Highway Patrol and the Florida Department of Transportation immediately
broadcast important information about the offender when this
information would help avert further harm or assist in the apprehension
of the suspect.
A
Blue Alert is disseminated to the public through the Emergency Alert
System by broadcasting the alert on television, radio, and dynamic
message signs located
along the state's highways.
To sign up to receive email alerts when a Blue Alert is activated, please visit the sign-up
page at http://bluealert.imarcsgroup.com/
For Further Information Contact:
Gretl Plessinger, Keith Kameg or Steve Arthur
FDLE Office of Public Information
(850) 410-7001
Gretl Plessinger, Keith Kameg or Steve Arthur
FDLE Office of Public Information
(850) 410-7001
