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You must have possibly heard of the Amber alert - the security signal that goes on when a child is missing.

Keeping in tune with this, the law enforcement group in Arizona have come up with Blue Alert.

"John was a sergeant with the Arizona Department of Public Safety. He was killed August 31st, 1990," his wife, Jan Blaser-Upchurch said.

Sgt. Blaser was killed by a drunk driver while on duty.

"The loss was tremendous. John and I had just celebrated our third wedding anniversary. He was 36 years old," Jan said.

His name joins dozens of others at the Arizona Peace Officers Memorial. His death inspired Jan to help others. She joined C.O.P.S., or Concerns of Police Survivors. The group is teaming up with the Arizona Highway Patrol Association to bring Blue Alerts to our state.

"The information can get out there much quicker," Jan said.

It's a system designed to let people know right away if an officer has been hurt or killed and police are still searching for the suspect, kind of like how an Amber Alert lets us know right away about a missing child.

Jan hopes this year our state lawmakers will give Blue Alert the green light.

AW: Suchorita Dutta Choudhury