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Disaster/Missing Persons Alert System Offers Grants To Cities Wanting To Sign Up
ComAlert, the new disaster / terrorism / missing-persons alert system that uses internet and communication technology, has secured over Ten Million Dollars in funding, specifically earmarked to help cities and law enforcement agencies sign up.
Stateline, NV (PRWEB) February 6, 2006 -- It’s every Mayor’s worst nightmare: a natural disaster or a terrorist attack on their city. And until recently, cities had no real method for communicating with their citizens. Then the ComAlert alert system was introduced, giving cities, municipalities, and ordinary citizens a vital communication tool to be used for emergencies. And now, to assist cities and law enforcement agencies in signing up, ComAlert has secured over ten million dollars in grant money specifically earmarked to allow cities to initially sign up and take advantage.
Samuel Anderson, CEO and Managing Partner of ComAlert, is very optimistic that the money will help bring cities aboard: “What this does is it allows us to offer the ComAlert system to any sized city or municipality and get them to sign up. Typically, when a city or town is asked to pay for anything, there are meetings, requests, and forms for even the smallest dollar amount. This grant money allows cities to bypass that and just sign up with no strings attached.”
The funding was received from The Elkan Group LLC, a private capital group specializing in worthy social causes and ideas. The grant funding is specifically for cities and law enforcement agencies that choose to become a part of the ComAlert System.
Police Departments have been very interested in the ComAlert system, as it can be used to assist in missing-persons cases. This wasn’t lost on Joel Lieberman, a principle partner of The Elkan Group: “The Elkan Group is investing private funding into our police agencies and cities in order for them to become a part of the ComAlert System. They are the front lines of our nation’s security, including being the first responders to missing persons.”
For Anderson, ComAlert represents both years of passionate work, and several hundred thousand dollars of his own money. But he feels that his efforts are paying off. “Our nation’s preparedness and the support of our emergency responders in protecting our communities, and finding our missing persons, especially children, must be a shared effort.”
That’s not all Samuel Anderson is providing. He is also providing the means to supply Fingerprint Scanners to those departments and organizations that don’t have the means to purchase expensive equipment to register children: “We intend to go the extra mile and make this become a reality. It’s time to start using technology we already have to advance in areas of critical need”. “Nothing needs to be kept outdated any longer, let’s move forward and put it to use”.
About Samuel Anderson and ComAlert
Samuel Anderson is the Managing Partner of Tekbrokers VENTURES, LLC, which develops cutting edge products and puts patient, intelligent and experienced capital to work. ComAlert is a result of a marriage of vision and technology, and is a leader in emergency communications. To learn more, visit the ComAlert website at www.comalert.com
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