great idea I have been saying we needed this or something for 17 years and a few weeks , my employer even developed a mass notification system for medical agencies shortly after 9/11/01 many places are using it.

where this presidentialalert needs further development , there needs to be a way to make it silent.

I was talking with the Deputy chief tonight and we were talking about a bunch of things and I asked if they were given any way to silence it. he said no , would local LE be able to use it on a local or regional level he thought the answer was no.

he was telling me there were people who sued to have a way to turn it off and didn't get it

I asked , if we are in the middle of a national emergency and you are responding to a local even lets say a Mass active shooter event with radical extremists shooting up dozens of locations at once and the shelter in place order goes out at a national level and your phone starts squawking , the police union needs to demand a way to turn it off , every officer is now carrying a phone we the city pay for their phones they use them so much and they are that important to job communications.

there would be other situations that it would also be necessary


I attended an active shooter training earlier this week , how cell phone heavy our society is was apparent in the training , virtually every slide in the presentation included "silence your cell phone" because the instant shooting starts people call to check on their loved ones. which could give away their position if they are sheltering in place.
if egress isn't an option lock the door , turn off the lights , get out of sight , silence your cell phone , have one person the farthest from the door place the 911 call quietly , while others form a plan of attack to defend if the shooter gets through the door.

I heard that text went out so they could track you once you hit ok. Lol they sent it to me twice, what does that mean?