What is a Blue Alert?

TEXAS (KXAN) — You hear the alert comes across your phone with that emergency tone or constant buzz, the big yellow triangle pops up and it says "Blue Alert."What does that mean? Blue Alert issued after Harris County deputy shootingThe Blue Alert program is used to alert the public about people who are accused of killing or seriously injuring police officers or other members of law enforcement, in an effort to apprehend the suspect as soon as possible, according to Texas DPS.Former Texas G