西澳警方在寻找失踪的弱势群体且需要社区帮助时会发出这些紧急讯息，以便找到失踪人员。他们可能是年幼的孩子，或是患有痴呆或健康状况不佳需要接受紧急治疗的老人。西澳警方会根据失踪人员最后已知的位置锁定特定区域，并向附近所有手机和固定电话发送短信或拨打自动电话。请在以下链接观看警方视频：https://www.facebook.com/watch/v=4786198971405021&ref=sharing高级警官Mark Emmett在视频中解释了您为何会收到短信或电话以及该系统的工作原理。如果您收到警报并看到警方正在寻找的人，请留在他们身边并拨打131 444 联系警方。【英文原文】Have you ever received a text from WA Police about a missing person in your area? It’s not spam!WA Police Force can push out these Emergency Alerts when we’re searching for missing vulnerable people and need your help to find them. This could be a young child, or an elderly person with dementia or declining health who may require urgent medication.WA Police Force can target a specific area based on the last known location of the missing person and send a text or automated phone call to all mobiles and landlines in the vicinity.Check out the video below, where Senior Sergeant Mark Emmett explains why you might have got a text or call and how the system works.If you ever receive an alert and see someone we’re looking for please stay with them and call police on 131 444.
原文链接：
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4786198971405021&ref=sharing（翻译：Huifen Jin 校译：Peina Jin）
