WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Department of Public Safety will be testing the state’s Blue Alert system on Dec. 14.
The Blue Alert is used when a law enforcement officer has been seriously injured, killed, or is missing in the line of duty.
Messages will be sent to thousands of subscribers and information about the exercise will be on the Vermont Agency of Transportation boards. Television and radio stations will get texts.
The test of the Blue Alert system was expected to take Friday but has been changed to Dec. 14.
Phone alerts will only be sent to people who signed up for VT-ALERT.
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This story has been updated to correct the date of the automated alert system test. It will be on Monday, Dec. 14, not Monday, Dec. 7.
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