Phoenix – The leaders of Arizona announced the creation of the turquoise alarm system on Thursday to help the authorities finding certain missing people.
“This is a critical communication instrument that helps to save lives when certain endangered people are missing,” said Hobbs during a press conference on Thursday.
According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, Turquoise warnings are activated when the following criteria are met:
- The missing person is under the age of 65.
- The local law enforcement authorities have exhausted all available resources.
- There is reason to assume that the person is in danger or in the society of a potentially dangerous person in danger.
- Sufficient descriptive information is available to support your recovery.
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“The turquoise alarm is activated by the notal arm system, which you can see on your television and listen to your radio,” said Lieutenant Colonel Deston Coleman, deputy director for DPS, during the press conference.
The warnings will also sound on mobile phones on the wireless emergency alarm system, added Coleman.
DPS capt. Thomas Neve said that turquoise warnings clog a gap in the state's lack of personnel arm system.
“We have the amber alarm for kidnapped children,” said Neve during the press conference. “We have silver alarm for everyone over 65 years, which may also include someone who is kidnapped. But up to this alarm we were not a warning to address people between the ages of 18 and 65. Now we are doing it.”
The Turquoise alarm legislation is also known as “Emily's Law”
Starting partners helped create the law to approved turquoise warnings. Both chambers of the legislator unanimously passed them in May before Hobbs signed it.
The legislation is known as “Emily's Law” to honor the tribal member of San Carlos Apache, Emily Pike, a 14-year-old girl whose remains were found after she was missing in her house of the Mesa group at the beginning of this year.
Pike's death led to a revival of activism in order to draw attention to the disproportionate number of disappearance and violent deaths that have grasped the communities of the American indigenous people for decades.
Her murder remains unresolved, although more than 175,000 US dollars are offered rewarded money.
DPS expects around 15 to 30 turquoise -colored warnings to be activated annually, although the number is higher if awareness of the system increases.
Heidi Hommel from Ktar News 92.3 FM contributed to this report.
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