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Bill would create "ebony" and "purple" alerts for missing Black people and people with disabilities
Summary
Senate Bill 6,070 would expand Washington's alert system by adding an "ebony" alert for missing Black people and a "purple" alert for missing people with disabilities, and it would permit certain digital-investigative tools to locate endangered missing persons; families and advocates said targeted alerts save lives, while witnesses discussed alert design and operational costs.
Senate Bill 6,070 would add two new missing-person alert categories to Washington state's toolkit: an "ebony" alert to assist in the recovery of missing Black people and a "purple" alert to assist in the recovery of missing people with disabilities. The bill also authorizes limited use of investigative tools such as pen registers, trap-and-trace devices and cell-site simulators for locating missing endangered persons under specified conditions and requires nonretention or deletion protocols for some data.
Supporters framed the change as a corrective to longstanding disparities in response. "The African American…
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