Pa. state police announce new missing persons alerts

YORK, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania State Police are rolling out a new alert system designed to help find missing people who might be in danger.

The Missing Endangered Person Advisory System will likely be used most often when an elderly person with a disability, or a young child, wanders away.

Police said the new system is different from the state’s Amber Alert system, which uses emergency alerts to notify the public about kidnapped children deemed to be in imminent danger.

The alerts will be sent to media outlets, local police departments and 911 centers.