The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) created the statewide alert program to quickly notify the public about urgent threats in their region. Each alert type serves a specific purpose, from locating missing children to active shooter situations.

The Harlingen Police Department has cancelled an Amber Alert that was issued for a 16-year-old believed to have been with an older man.

A man has been arrested in connection with an Amber Alert issued out of Brownwood, after a missing 15-year-old girl was found near the Texas-Arkansas border. On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, Brownwood police responded to a call on Burnet Drive,

A 60-year-old man has been charged with enticing a child after a 13-year-old Lewisville girl with both physical and mental disabilities disappeared early Sunday morning​.

The missing girl was found and a suspect was arrested after her disappearance prompted an AMBER Alert overnight.

Texas sent out 282 public safety alerts last year, six times more than in 2017. The state also leads the nation in alert opt-outs.

A new development in the now-resolved Amber Alert out of Harlingen shows that a man connected with the case was charged with providing alcohol and marijuana to a