After a harrowing but successful community-wide search effort for a missing girl in Independence last week, city officials and police are encouraging residents to sign up for the county’s emergency alert system.
Called CodeRED, the system delivers automated messages about emergency situations involving crime, natural disasters or missing people to residents in a given area. Residents can sign up to receive messages via text, phone or email.
In last week’s case, CodeRED was used to deliver messages to Independence residents instructing them to search for Persephone Ross around their properties. A few hours after the initial call, the child was found safe and sound.
Learn more about the CodeRED system at the county’s dedicated webpage, or visit this page to sign up.