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Texas AMBER, Blue, Silver & Endangered Missing Persons Alert Programs

2012 Texas Emergency Management Conference

SAM ALLENAMBER, Blue, Silver & Endangered Missing Persons

Alert Program Coordinator

Texas Division of Emergency Management

(512) 424-2208

sam.allen@txdps.state.tx.us

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• Alert Options• Texas Regional Programs• AMBER Alert• Blue Alert• Silver Alert• Endangered Missing Persons Alert• State Network Operations• Training Program

BRIEFING STRUCTUREPRESENTATION ORDER

Law Enforcement AgencyLaw Enforcement Agency

Issue the alert locally (media outlets etc.).

Issue the alert locally (media outlets etc.).

Make a request to issue the alert

through a regional network

(if available).

Make a request to issue the alert

through a regional network

(if available).

Make a request to issue the alert through

the DPS State Network.

Make a request to issue the alert through

the DPS State Network.

LOCAL, REGIONAL & STATE ALERT OPTIONS

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TEXAS REGIONAL AMBER ALERT PROGRAMS

1 Lt. Martin Birkenfeld, Amarillo

Police Department, (806) 378-3038, Cell (806) 654-4827, martin.birkenfeld@amarillo.gov. (Blue & Silver Alert Available).

2 Det. Lee Reed, Abilene Police Department,

(325) 676-6645, Cell (325) 669-6613, lreed@leo.gov. (Blue & Silver Alert Available) (CART Available).

3 Lt. Chuck Fleeger, College Station

Police Department (979) 764-3600, cfleeger@cstx.gov. Cell (979) 777-8382. (CART Available).

4 Pete Baldwin, Travis CO Emergency

Management, (512) 802-1472, pete.baldwin@co.travis.tx.us. (Blue & Silver Alert Available).

5 Lt. Isaac Valencia, Corpus Christi

Police Department, (361) 886-2671, isaacv@cctexas.com.

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6 Sheriff Dee Anderson, Tarrant County, (817)

884-3098, sheriffanderson@tarrantcounty.com. (CART Available).

7 Sgt. Karen Kozak, El Paso Police

Department, (915) 564-7010, Cell (915) 494-7403, KarenK@elpasotexas.gov, 24/7 (915) 832-4400. (Blue/Silver/Endangered Alert Available).

9 Beth Alberts, Houston Regional AMBER Plan,

(713) 409-2720, balberts@tcftm.org. Pager (713) 787-7466. (CART Available).

8 Tasa Watts (PIO), City of Midland,

(432) 685-7593, twatts@midlandtexas.gov.

10 David Ostmo, KABB/KRRT, (210) 377-4734,

dostmo@kabb.sbgnet.com.

12 Det. Sheila Barton, Beaumont Police Department (409)

880-3854, Cell (409) 658-2402, sbarton@ci.beaumont.tx.us.

13 Sgt. J.R. Price, Waco Police Department, (254) 750-

7610, jprice@ci.waco.tx.us. (Blue & Silver Alert Available).

11 Lt. Eddie Garcia, Lubbock Sheriffs Office, (806) 775-1785,

egarcia@co.lubbock.tx.us. Cell (806) 548-6575. (Blue & Silver Alert Available).

14 Sarah Somers, Grayson County, 24/7 (903) 818-7694,

somerss@co.grayson.tx.us.

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15 Capt. Shawn Vaughn, Texarkana Police Department,

(903) 798-3173 or, vaughn@txkusa.org. Cell (903) 277-5063.

16 Melissa Russell, Deep East Texas Regional

AMBER Plan, Cell (936) 615-7773, detracoordinator@gmail.com.

17 Capt. Eric Russell, Wichita Falls Police

Department, (940) 761-7730, (940) 720-5058, Cell (940) 613-7481, eric.russell@wfpd.net. (Blue and Silver Alert Available).

REGIONAL PROGRAMS HISTORY

• Existed before the State Network was created.

• Involves multiple cities/counties.

• Managed locally by a “coordinating agency”.

• Independent of the State Network.

• Criteria and operations could differ.

TX DPS WEBSITE AT WWW.TXDPS.STATE.TX.US

TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE

Missing Entries for 1 Year (2011), in Texas:

46,808 = <17 yrs.

TEXAS MISSINGNCIC DATA

The Blue Alert Program enables the rapid statewide distribution of information related to offenders, who flee after killing or seriously injuring federal, state or local, law enforcement officers in the line of duty.

BLUE ALERT PROGRAM (HISTORY) IMPLEMENTED AUGUST 2008

4 Peace Officers Killed Feloniously, in Texas for Year 2011.

OFFICERS KILLEDTEXAS UCR 2010 REPORT

In response to legislation enacted September 1, 2007, the Texas Department of Public Safety implemented the Silver Alert Network, designed to advise the public of missing senior citizens with documented mental impairments.

SILVER ALERT PROGRAM (HISTORY) IMPLEMENTED SEPTEMBER 2007

On physician’s letterhead, indicating the impaired mental condition, date of diagnosis, patient’s name, with physician’s signature.

Documentation can be faxed with the Silver Alert Request Form to the State Operations Center, Texas Division of Emergency Management.

MEDICAL DOCUMENTATIONSILVER ALERT STATE NETWORK

MEDICAL RELEASELAW ENFORCEMENT

Texas Code of Criminal ProceduresArt. 63.007. Release of Medical Records

Missing Entries for 1 Year (2011), in Texas:

972 = >65 yrs.

TEXAS MISSINGNCIC DATA

In response to legislation enacted September 1, 2011, the Texas Department of Public Safety implemented the Endangered Missing Persons Network, designed to advise the public of missing persons with Intellectual Disabilities.

ENDANGERED MISSING PERSONS PROGRAM (HISTORY)

IMPLEMENTED SEPTEMBER 2011

AMBER ALERT LEGISLATION

Sec. 411.359. SYSTEM NAME. The director by rule may assign a name other than the America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response (AMBER) to the alert system when the system is activated regarding a missing person with an intellectual disability.

Sec. 411.355. ACTIVATION……….(a) the person has an intellectual disability, as determined according to the procedure provided by Section 593.005. Health and Safety Code.

Sec. 593.005. DETERMINATION OF MENTAL RETARDATION (a) A physician or psychologist licensed to practice in this state or certified by the department shall perform the determination of mental retardation……………

TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

Note: The “department” is considered the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services and/or Texas Department of State Health Services (formerly known as the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation).

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION

Upon requesting activation of the state’s Endangered Missing Persons Alert network, law enforcement must fax documentation to the State Operations Center (SOC) at DPS, supporting the missing person’s intellectual disability.

Documentation shall be considered a diagnosis from a physician or psychologist licensed to practice within Texas, or certified by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services and/or Texas State Health Services.

STATE NETWORK

OPERATIONS

Texas Department of Public Safety

Headquarters in Austin, TX

Texas Department of Public Safety

Headquarters in Austin, TX

Requesting Law Enforcement Agency

Requesting Law Enforcement Agency

REQUEST PROCESS

1. Only law enforcement can request activation.

2. Fax the Request Form to the State Operations Center (SOC).

3. Contact the SOC to verify fax receipt.

4. Email applicable photos to the SOC.

5. Ensure entry of appropriate NCIC/TCIC records.

REQUEST PROCEDURES

WWW.WIRELESSAMBERALERTS.ORGAMBER ALERTS ONLY

BEYONDMISSING.COMAMBER ALERTS ONLY

ACTIVATION AREA

200200

3030

• Activation area is based upon investigative information and could change during the alert.

• Activation is not always “statewide”.

TRAINING PROGRAM1. ONLINE (Not yet available)

2. CLASSROOM