U.S. Virgin Islands – With hurricane season upon us in the territory, the Virgin Islands Police Department encourages citizens to sign-up for V.I.P.D. Alerts for real time pertinent safety notifications.
Everbridge is the leader in Risk Event intelligence and Mass Notification alerting. Many of the largest companies worldwide choose Everbridge to keep their people safe and businesses running. Everbridge uses their Risk Intelligence Monitoring Center (RIMC) team to monitor events 24 hours a day with direct access to weather, police, fire, and AP data sources.
For citizens that choose to opt-in to notifications, citizens can be alerted for events such as missing persons, school lockdowns, Be On the Look Out (BOLOs), wanted suspects, serious threats to our community, etc. All to keep people alerted to new developments and save lives.
These alerts are optional, and notifications will only be sent to citizens that choose to submit their location and contact information.
Citizens can visit https://member.everbridge.net/index/1569557143617553 to sign-up for V.I.P.D. alerts. To opt-in to alerts from V.I.P.D. citizens will need to browse to:
Submit your address along with the delivery method you choose to be alerted by (email, SMS text, phone).
You may choose to opt out of notifications at any time by removing your contact information.
The Virgin Islands Police Department appreciates the community’s support in being vigilant as these mass notifications are disseminated for public knowledge and awareness.
For more information, contact the VIPD’s Communication Office at (340)201-7477 or (340)513-9321.
