Blue Alert Criteria

A requesting law enforcement agency must meet all the below criteria in order to activate the State Blue Alert Network:

• A law enforcement officer must have been killed or seriously injured by an offender.
• The investigating law enforcement agency must determine that the offender poses a serious risk or threat to the public and other law enforcement personnel.
• A detailed description of the offender’s vehicle, vehicle tag, or partial tag must be available for broadcast to the public.
• The investigating law enforcement agency of jurisdiction must recommend activation of the Blue Alert to the State Operations Center (Texas Division of Emergency Management).

• Download Blue Alert Request Form (PDF)