10/18/2010 Sheriff's Alert Program Announced |
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The chiefs of the fire departments in Izard County and Sheriff Tate Lawrence laid the ground work for a joint program at a recent meeting at the Zion Fire Department. The program called “Sheriff’s Alert” is a cooperative program between all the fire departments and the sheriff’s department. The program is basically an arrangement whereby the sheriff’s department will call upon the assistance of fire department members when attempting to locate a particular vehicle or person when time is critical. Information will be forwarded by way of group text messages to fire department members stating specifically what or who the sheriff’s department is looking for. Sheriff Lawrence said the program will be extremely helpful when the department is looking for a hit and run driver, a child abduction situation, and many other emergency matters when time is of the essence. |