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Thu Aug 15, 2024, 12:51 PM Aug 15

FCC adopts an alert system for missing Indigenous people [View all]

Source: NPR

August 15, 2024 5:02 AM ET



The Federal Communications Commission is launching a new nationwide alert code for missing and endangered Indigenous people who do not fit the criteria for an Amber Alert or Silver Alert.

This new alert code, according to the federal agency, would be similar to the nationwide Amber Alert system and will help law enforcement agencies across the country to issue timely alerts to the public through cellphones, televisions and radios.

The new "MEP" alert code is part of the efforts to address disparities in searching for and locating thousands of missing Indigenous persons in the U.S., who are at higher risk of being victims of violence, homicide, and of going missing, the FCC said in a news release.

"We just made it easier to find missing and endangered persons, particularly those from indigenous and tribal communities," the federal agency said in a post on X.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2024/08/15/nx-s1-5075158/fcc-alert-system-missing-indigenous-persons



Link to FCC NEWS RELEASE page - FCC Adopts New Alert Code for Missing & Endangered Persons

Link to FCC NEWS RELEASE (PDF) - https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-404565A1.pdf
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