Native Public Media Campaigns to Establish an FCC Event Code for Missing and Endangered Persons
Last month, Native Public Media launched a national campaign to petition the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a national emergency Event Code for Missing and Endangered Persons. The MEP Event Code would harness the nation's most powerful alerting system, the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS). While some states, such as Colorado, California, and Washington State, have established Event Codes to alert the public about missing and endangered Indigenous adults, the nation requires a unified approach.
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