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West Virginia Amber Alert System To Now Include Cell Phone Text Messages

August 10, 2005 /

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On Monday, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin announced the West Virginia State Police has entered into a partnership agreement with 12 national wireless service providers to distribute AMBER alerts by text messaging cell phones, becoming the second state in the nation to expand the reach of the AMBER alert system in this manner.

With this agreement, signed in cooperation with the Department of Justice, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, all law enforcement officers and the public will be able to receive AMBER Alert notifications by way of text messaging free of charge, upon request. Florida state officials announced a similar agreement last week, becoming the first state in the nation to offer the service.

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