The law creates a system to notify law enforcement when there’s a report of a missing Indigenous person. It will also place messages on highway reader boards.
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law creating the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s and People’s Alert System. It is the first statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people – particularly women – in the nation.
The law sets up a system similar to Amber Alerts and so-called silver alerts, which are used respectively for missing children and vulnerable adults in many states