ASK THE EXPERT WITH SERGEANT ED BERTOLA AND SERGEANT NICK PASCOE - AMBER ALERT AND THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT FOR DETECTIVES AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICES
Ask the Expert: After registration approval, a 20 minute pre-recorded video will be sent to you. You will be asked to send in any questions for the presenters to address during the live Ask the Expert session.
LIVE SESSION: June 18, 2020 at 10:00am (PST)
Session Overview
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is the statewide coordinator for the AMBER Alert, Silver Alert, Endangered Missing Advisory, and Blue Alert. The CHP is a national leader for the application of the Wireless Emergency Alert in emergency alerts. This course will provide a brief description, capabilities, and process of the WEA. It will also review what to expect when an alert has been activated. Is there a time frame when a WEA would be most and least effective? How do you deal with negative feedback? The focus of the discussion will be from the perspective of Detectives and District Attorney employees.
By the end of this webinar, participants will develop strategies to take back to their home agencies and will be able to:
- Identify the WEA capabilities
- Determine which areas are activated
- Discuss the process to close out an alert
- Clarify what information is required
- Understand if the WEA carries evidentiary value
Presenters:
Sergeant Nick Pascoe has been with the California Highway Patrol for twenty years. He is currently assigned to the Emergency Notification and Tactical Alert Center as a supervisor and Statewide AMBER Alert Instructor.
Sergeant Ed Bertola has been with the California Highway Patrol for thirteen years. He is currently assigned to the Emergency Notification and Tactical Alert Center as a supervisor and the lead Statewide AMBER Alert Instructor.
