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Advocates tell committee Purple Alert would speed recovery of missing people with disabilities
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security (Massachusetts House & Senate) · September 25, 2025
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Summary
The Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council and advocates urged passage of H 2657 to create a Purple Alert for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities who go missing, citing research that such alerts reduce recovery times and stressing careful activation criteria to preserve dignity.
Advocates told the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security that Massachusetts should adopt a Purple Alert to assist in locating missing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Jennifer Bertrand,…
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