Washington DC Police Launch Mass Notification System

People in Washington DC will soon get e-mails and text messages with critical information during disasters. The capital’s police department is working with the District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency to implement a new mass notification system.

In an article on the SecurityInfoWatch.com website, Joel Griffin says the system, dubbed by authorities as “DC Police Alert,” will be used by law enforcement to send information to residents.

However, to receive alerts, residents must first subscribe to the free service and enter in their contact information. Business owners who want to receive the alerts must also register their business address.

But there are some advantages, Griffin says. “Rather than sending out a blanket message to everyone registered in the D.C. Police Alert database, the system also has the ability to isolate and send messages to only those persons who live within the immediate area where a crime takes place, thereby increasing its effectiveness by getting pertinent information to those most likely in the path of a perpetrator,” he says.

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