Wow, I've never heard of a system like that. Makes sense though.

It's known as a 'reverse 911 call'.

That's a great thing to know. I hope they catch them soon too.
Leslie

sounds like a good thing to me!

Stay safe!

That's great service! I hope they catch him really fast, Eva. Stay safe.

That's kind of scary. Good that they keep everyone updated though.

Some local townships too frequently in my area use Reverse 911 to inform the public about "boiling drinking water" notification.

Anne

I just got another call saying, "The escapee has been apprehended. Please continue with your regular activities. Thank you for your assistance in this matter."

The man had been working patching a road, then the work crew was taken to Athens to a county building before going back to the jail. He asked to use the restroom, then just walked away. Had been in jail since Nov. for burglary. He will be more trouble now!

I found out that our county implemented this notification service last year.

i never heard of such a system, but would gladly welcome it for necessary warnings and/or alerts.

glad to know you are safe and they caught the moron, who just added more jail time.

maryanne

We have reverse 911 here and I've had a couple of those calls. One was for a missing elderly man. It's a great feature.

Linda

Glad it all worked out.

One of the schools in my area is starting a system like this. I would love our school to get one also.

You can sign up for it and get reminders of activities, early outs, weather delays/cancellations, etc. Also any emergency notifications.

You can even get them as a text message on your cell.

I wish we had this in our area..too small, limited budget, etc. There have been several escapees/fugitives in the county area, and we have to wait to read about it in the morning paper.

We have a similar service called Code Red..I can't believer no one locks their doors in today's society. Just don't post the town you live in

We recently got a PD and then the "Alert" call. I get messages to my cell, phone and email. We had a rash of home break-ins that was unusual in our area. I signed up for it then, and was so thankful that I got the message that he had turned himself in. I think he hit 5 houses on one street! One of the homeowners had a security camera, and another neighbor who had been hit, convinced him to show the pics to the police. Problem with having the system - I get too much, like City Council agendas. But I also know what's going on in our city, and even which roads to avoid because of accidents, etc. To go from not having a PD, to having the "Alert" system as well, is HUGE for our area. The small town has grown to a full city, albeit small. It's a good feature.

Around here they've had a variation of it where they'd fax info to you. At least they did about 10 years ago when I had the store - we used to get them all the time. They use the calling system for snow emergencies. But I think this is a good idea.

That's way KEWL Eva!! Glad he was caught!!

Wow! That's a good system. I've never heard of it, but I'm so behind on technology. Years ago, one summer afternoon I was sitting outside with my kids and all of a sudden we noticed a lot of police cars driving around the neighborhood, then there were a couple helicopters flying low over the neighborhood. I didn't know what was happening, but took the kids inside & locked the doors. Later that day I heard on the radio that a convict had escaped from a prison about 15 miles from us. They caught him in the woods behind our house. That reverse 911 system would have been handy then. Dottie

My neighborhood got one once for a missing elderly woman. It said please check around your property. I didn't know of this procedure until then.

I'm glad they caught him and also glad they let you know so you could quit worrying.