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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
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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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Dallam Lipscomb
Moore Hemphill
Potter Gray
Parmer
Cochran
Yoakum
Hall
Hale Motley
Lubbock Dickens
Andrews
King
Terry
Sherman HansfordOchiltree
Hutchinson
Wheeler
RandallArmstrong Donley
Castro Briscoe Childress
Cottle
Hardeman
Foard
Hartley Roberts
Oldham Carson
Deaf Smith
Collingsworth
Bailey
Swisher
Lamb Floyd
Hockley Crosby
Gaines
Knox
Lynn Garza Kent Stonewall
El Paso
Hudspeth Culberson
Jeff Davis
Reeves
Loving Winkler
Ward
Ector
Dawson
Martin
Zavala
UvaldeKinney
EdwardsVal Verde
Presidio
Brewster
McMullenLa SalleDimmit
Jim Wells
Webb
BrooksKenedy
Starr
HidalgoWillacy
Cameron
Bowie
CassTitus
Franklin
Mo
rris
RainsMarion
Kaufman Harrison
Panola
Gregg
Rusk
Bell
WilliamsonMilam
Sabine
Trinity
UpshurWoodVan
Zandt
NavarroHill Cherokee
FreestoneMcLennan
Falls
Shelby
San Augustine
Jasper
Jefferson
TylerWalker
Polk
Robertson Madison
Brazos
Hardin
San JacintoGrimes
Liberty
Chambers
Montgomery
Burleson
Lee
Ellis
Goliad
BeeLive Oak
Maverick
Refugio
Nueces
San Patricio
Kleberg
Duval
Zapata Jim Hogg
Smith
Henderson
Anderson
Leon
Limestone
Travis
Hays
Comal
Houston
Angelina
Newton
Orange
Cooke Grayson Fannin
CollinDenton Hunt
Lamar
Delta
Hopkins
Dallas
Red River
Rockwall
Nolan
Baylor
JonesShackelford
Stephens
Archer
Young
Taylor
Fisher
HaskellThrockmorton
CallahanEastlandHoward
Borden Parker
Erath
Palo Pinto
MontagueClay
WichitaWilbarger
WiseJack
Upton
BrownColeman
RunnelsCoke
SterlingGlasscock
Midland
Crane
Menard
McCullochConcho
Sutton
Schleicher
Tom Green
CrockettPecos
Irion Reagan
Comanche
Hood
Bosque
Somervell
Hamilton
Kimble
Mason
Mills
San Saba
Blanco
Burnet
Lampasas
Johnson
GillespieTerrell
Llano
Coryell
Tarrant
Washington
Fayette
Lavaca
Jackson
Wharton
Colorado
Austin
Fort Bend
Brazoria
Harris
Bastrop
Matagorda
Kerr
Real
Bexar
Wilson
Karnes
Caldwell
GuadalupeGonzales
DeWitt
Waller
Calhoun
Victoria
Kendall
AtascosaFrio
Medina
Bandera
Galveston
Aransas
Scurry
Mitchell
TEXAS REGIONAL AMBER ALERT PROGRAMS
1 Lt. Martin Birkenfeld, Amarillo
Police Department, (806) 378-3038, Cell (806) 654-4827, [email protected]. (Blue & Silver Alert Available).
2 Det. Lee Reed, Abilene Police Department,
(325) 676-6645, Cell (325) 669-6613, [email protected]. (Blue & Silver Alert Available) (CART Available).
3 Lt. Chuck Fleeger, College Station
Police Department (979) 764-3600, [email protected]. Cell (979) 777-8382. (CART Available).
4 Pete Baldwin, Travis CO Emergency
Management, (512) 802-1472, [email protected]. (Blue & Silver Alert Available).
5 Lt. Isaac Valencia, Corpus Christi
Police Department, (361) 886-2671, [email protected].
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6 Sheriff Dee Anderson, Tarrant County, (817)
884-3098, [email protected]. (CART Available).
7 Sgt. Karen Kozak, El Paso Police
Department, (915) 564-7010, Cell (915) 494-7403, [email protected], 24/7 (915) 832-4400. (Blue/Silver/Endangered Alert Available).
9 Beth Alberts, Houston Regional AMBER Plan,
(713) 409-2720, [email protected]. Pager (713) 787-7466. (CART Available).
8 Tasa Watts (PIO), City of Midland,
(432) 685-7593, [email protected].
10 David Ostmo, KABB/KRRT, (210) 377-4734,
12 Det. Sheila Barton, Beaumont Police Department (409)
880-3854, Cell (409) 658-2402, [email protected].
13 Sgt. J.R. Price, Waco Police Department, (254) 750-
7610, [email protected]. (Blue & Silver Alert Available).
11 Lt. Eddie Garcia, Lubbock Sheriffs Office, (806) 775-1785,
[email protected]. Cell (806) 548-6575. (Blue & Silver Alert Available).
14 Sarah Somers, Grayson County, 24/7 (903) 818-7694,
Nacogdoches
Camp
15 Capt. Shawn Vaughn, Texarkana Police Department,
(903) 798-3173 or, [email protected]. Cell (903) 277-5063.
16 Melissa Russell, Deep East Texas Regional
AMBER Plan, Cell (936) 615-7773, [email protected].
17 Capt. Eric Russell, Wichita Falls Police
Department, (940) 761-7730, (940) 720-5058, Cell (940) 613-7481, [email protected]. (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
