Alerts Save Lives: A Unified Message Regarding the Need to Support Nationwide Alerts

• Author(s): State, Local, and Federal Law Enforcement and Homeland Security Partners
• Date Published: March 2018
• Length: 2 pages
• Publication Series: Justice Information Sharing
• Publication Type: Publication

Description

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) partnered with the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) to develop a unified message to bring attention to the importance of nationwide alerts.  This message defines the different alerts types, stresses the import role alerts play in law enforcement and community member safety, and what steps are being taken to further enhance alert processes.