TxAlerts (Flyer Program) Presented by Ben Patterson Alert Program Administrator Texas Department of Public Safety
Missing Person Alerts TDEM oversees issuing AMBER, Silver, Blue and Endangered Missing alerts requested by local law enforcement agencies Alerts (4) Description AMBER Children under age 17 Silver Older adults with Alzheimer's/dementia Blue Suspects who injure or kill law enforcement Endangered Intellectual disability/developmental disorders Missing Texas Department of Public Safety
AMBER, Sherman Dallam Hansford Ochiltree Lipscomb AMBER, Silver, Blue, Silver, 18 Local/ Hutch- Hartley Moore Roberts Hemphill inson Endangered AMBER, 1 Blue Oldham Potter Carson Gray Wheeler Silver, Blue Deaf Arm- Collings- Regional Randall Donley Smith strong worth AMBER Child- AMBER Briscoe Hall Parmer Castro Swisher ress Harde- man Wil- 14 11 Motley Cottle barger Alert Bailey Lamb Hale Floyd 17 Wichita Foard AMBER, Clay Mont- 15 Red Grayson Lamar ague Cooke Crosby Dickens King Knox Archer Fannin River Cochran Hockley Lubbock Baylor Bowie Silver, Blue 6 Delta AMBER Franklin Morris Stone Throck- Jack Wise Denton Titus Collin Hopkins Terry Lynn Garza Kent Haskell Young Programs Yoakum Hunt -wall morton Cass Camp Rockwall Rains Marion Shack- Palo Parker Dallas Wood Upshur Tarrant Kauf- Gaines Dawson Borden Scurry Fisher Jones Stephens AMBER elford Pinto Van Gregg man Harrison Zandt 2 Smith Hood Eastland AMBER Johnson Ellis Martin Howard Mitchell Nolan Taylor Callahan Andrews Somervell Erath Henderson Panola Rusk Navarro Cherokee Hill Glass- Comanche Bosque Ector Midland Coke El Loving Winkler 8 Shelby Sterling Runnels Anderson cock 13 Free- 16 Brown Coleman Paso Hamilton stone Culberson Lime- Augustine Mills McLennan Tom Sabine Hudspeth Ward Crane stone San AMBER, Green Houston Coryell Upton Reagan Concho Leon Irion Reeves San Falls 3 McCulloch Lampasas Angelina Saba Trinity Silver, Robertson Bell Schleicher Menard Burnet Newton Polk Jasper Tyler 1 Milam Walker Jeff Davis 12 Blue Pecos Mason Llano Grimes San Crockett Williamson Brazos 4 Jacinto 7 AMBER, Silver, Burleson Sutton Kimble Blanco Lee Hardin Travis Gillespie Montgomery Terrell Liberty Orange Blue, Endangered Edwards Bastrop Waller Hays 9 Val Verde Kerr Jefferson Presidio Kendall Fayette Caldwell Harris 10 Brewster Comal Real Bandera Chambers Colorado Guadalupe AMBER, Silver, Fort Bend Bexar Gonzales Galveston Medina Lavaca Kinney Uvalde Wharton Brazoria Blue, Wilson DeWitt Jackson Atascosa Karnes Matagorda Endangered Zavala Frio Victoria Maverick AMBER, Goliad Live Oak McMullen Calhoun Dimmit Bee Silver, Blue, Refugio La Salle AMBER 5 Aransas San Endangered Patricio Jim Wells Nueces Webb Duval AMBER, Kleberg AMBER Brooks Silver, Blue Jim Hogg Zapata Kenedy 18 Starr Willacy Hidalgo AMBER, Silver, AMBER Cameron Endangered Texas Department of Public Safety VID
The Public Aside from law enforcement, the public is the next critical tool in finding missing persons The public usually hears of an alert through the media, e-messaging and highway signage Texas Department of Public Safety
However, we have other ways of getting the message to the public Texas Department of Public Safety
Net Analogy • Social Media • E-Mails • Neighborhood groups • Private sector M (Lamar, Clear i Channel, etc.) s • Public Sector (TxDOT, TLETS, s TLC, etc) i • News media • FLYERS n g Texas Department of Public Safety
Images Typically television, social networking and flyers are the formats the public gets the opportunity to get an image of a missing person Texas Department of Public Safety
However • Individuals don’t tend to give the needed attention unless they are specifically directed to a missing person on a social network or to a specific flyer or are connected somehow to the case Texas Department of Public Safety
Images versus Text • Our brains don’t see words as a series of letters, we actually seem them as multiple images. Images 65% Text 10% Texas Department of Public Safety
Effectiveness Which is more effective – the use of physically posting flyers or utilizing social networking. Mary Ellen O’Toole, Former FBI Profiler appearing on CNN says “Every medium needs to be used” Texas Department of Public Safety
Old and New Comparison Texas Department of Public Safety
Old and New Comparison Older Flyer App. TxAlerts DPS and Local/Regional Availability for Use DPS Only Programs Color Grayscale Color Banner No Color Color-coded Social Media Friendly No Yes Application External Internal Programming Primary Data Fields 2 4 (on first page) Texas Department of Public Safety
Social Media • TxAlerts allows for repeated social media sharing of missing person information in addition to printed flyers. • Much more people are now carrying mobile devices – 95% cell phones and 77% smartphones Texas Department of Public Safety
TxAlerts Login Texas Department of Public Safety
Flyer Creation Texas Department of Public Safety
Flyer Creation Texas Department of Public Safety
Flyer Creation Note that only 2 boxes contain information that will appear on the flyer Texas Department of Public Safety
Date/Time/Location Texas Department of Public Safety
Victim(s) Texas Department of Public Safety
Suspect(s) Texas Department of Public Safety
Vehicle(s) Texas Department of Public Safety
Distribution Texas Department of Public Safety
Flyer (Final Product) Victim Suspect Vehicle Texas Department of Public Safety
Edit/Preview/Delete/Discontinue • Preview lets the user see the flyer • Edit allows the user to update the flyer and send update • Delete allows user to delete the flyer • Discontinue allows user to discontinue the flyer and sends update Texas Department of Public Safety
Basic Alert Training Browser search “DPS MyTrain ” Texas Department of Public Safety
Questions Ben Patterson Alert Program Coordinator (512)424-2445 or ben.patterson@dps.texas.gov If you ever have any questions, just as Blondie would always say “Call Me” Texas Department of Public Safety
QR Code for TxAlerts https://txalerts.dps.texas.gov/users/sign_in Texas Department of Public Safety
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