A new alert system was announced by Governor Patrick Morrisey. According to a press release, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, ...

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Tuesday that the state’s new Purple Alert Program has been launched as a system ...

West Virginia introduced the Purple Alert system on Tuesday, created specifically to find missing people with cognitive ...

FAIRMONT — State Police added one more color to the state’s alert system this week. “Purple is going to be anybody, regardless of age, if they got some kind of mental issues that would have deemed ...

We spoke with advocates of the “Purple Alert” to find out how it works—and what people should know when one has been triggered. Kristen Cusato, the director of communications with the ...

Purple Alerts were created after a Florida family faced the death of their son, Joshua Marshall, in 2018. The 30-year-old had a cognitive disability, was nonverbal, and walked with a lopsided gait ...

Florida’s Purple Alert Plan was established by the Florida Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis on July 1, 2021, with an effective date of July 1, 2022.

When did the Purple Alert program begin in Florida? In a July Palm Beach Post report, Berman said via email the idea was spurred by the 2018 death of Joshua Marshall, a 30-year-old Port St. Lucie man.

What does a purple alert mean in Florida? Purple alerts are used to help locate missing adults suffering from a mental or cognitive disability that is not Alzheimer’s disease or a dementia ...

Like other alerts, the Florida Purple Alert notifies the public via an emergency alert. The alert also will notify supermarkets, gas stations and appear on highway message boards, according to FDLE.

Like other alerts, the Florida Purple Alert notifies the public via an emergency alert. The alert also will notify supermarkets, gas stations and appear on highway message boards, according to FDLE.