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In Alabama, we ONLY send out a WEA message through EAS/IPAWS for AMBER and Blue Alerts, which hits all phones in the State (unless the cell customer has turned the alerts off).
However, Alabama does send out a WEA message through CodeRED to notify the public of Emergency Missing Child and Missing & Endangered Person Alerts. Persons wishing to receive these messages (EMCA and MEPA) must subscribe through CodeRED. When subscribing, the person has the option to choose how to receive the message; by text, email, and/or through the CodeRED app. This way only persons who have subscribed will receive these messages.
In the past, a county EMA office sent out what they called an AMBER Alert when the circumstances did not meet the criteria for an alert. When that happened, the State EMA office asked the County EMA’s to stop sending out missing person messages without first contacting the clearinghouse for confirmation. The message area for each EMCA/MEPA is decided according to the circumstances of the disappearance. Such as, if an elderly person or child walked away from an area, we generally only send out the message to that area. If the person or child is in a vehicle, then the message is sent out statewide. Very few counties in Alabama have a messaging system to use, and the ones that do use Everbridge. In addition, the message is sent to the Alabama Broadcasters Association who in turn makes sure all media outlets in the state receive the message.
In 2020, Alabama issued 6 AMBER Alerts (which is more than normal) and 1 Blue Alert through the EAS/IPAWS WEA messaging. However, we issued 48 Missing & Endangered Person Alerts and 24 Emergency Missing Child Alerts.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding our process (I may have made it sound confusing!), please don’t hesitate to give me a call.
Lesia Baldwin
AMBER Alert Coordinator
(334) 517-2677In Alabama, we post missing children/juveniles and adults on our ALEA Missing Persons website. However, we do not display a DOB, just a current age, and the narrative regarding the missing person is very basic; Date last seen, city last seen, agency contact.
Hi Jillian,
Alabama adopted the DOJ Recommended Criteria when our AMBER Alert Plan became operational in 2003.The criteria has not been amended since that time. The cases we have encountered involving internet luring have been reviewed and confirmed by LE.
Bottom line:
The criteria has not been amended.
The request is based on LE response and the AMBER Alert request is processed as usual.Alabama – Silver Alerts are for any age as long as the missing person is cognitively impaired.
2018 – Alabama issued a total of 24 Senior Alert (2 are still active), an additional 7 where requested and met the criteria but the missing person was located prior to issuance.
In Alabama, the AMBER alert is broadcast only once through the EAS, email blast to the media, email blast to the public who have subscribed to receive the alerts, and email blast to law enforcement and first responders through the Fusion Center. However, the alert is posted to the Alabama AMBER Alert page on Facebook, the AL Missing Person Alerts page on Twitter, and the DOT message boards until the child is located.
Also, the media in Alabama continues to report the alert until the child is located.
