Indiana Opts Out Of Mobile AMBER Alert Notification

(Indianapolis, IN)  –  Indiana State Police are not in favor of a new mobile alert system that will notify you if a child is abducted. 

Captain David Bursten says he is afraid the loud tone will startle drivers and cause them to crash.

{Captain David Bursten}   The FCC created the commercial mobile alert system and it automatically reaches 97-percent of the population.  Bursten says Indiana decided not to participate and ISP is looking into its own mobile AMBER Alert system.

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{Captain Bursten}    Captain David Bursten says Indiana decided not to participate in the mobile AMBER Alert notification.

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