TBI apologizes for multiple Blue Alerts, says feedback helps shape system
This Aug. 1, 2017, file photo, shows a call log displayed via an AT&T app on a cellphone in Orlando, Florida. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is reviewing its system of alerting the public about potentially dangerous situations after many Tennessee cell phone users were deluged with alerts this week following police shootings. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
Residents said they were woken up in the early hours of June 29 by multiple loud alerts informing them to be on the lookout for one of the two suspects accused of shooting officers in separate incidents.
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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation TBI Blue Alert AMBER Alert Silver AlertJulia Baker
Julia Baker covers Memphis and Shelby County’s law enforcement agencies and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. A lifelong Memphian, Julia graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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