Homeland security alerts and other critical information will be sent to Pennsylvania State Police troopers directly through e-mails under a technology enhancement announced yesterday by State Police Commissioner Jeffrey B. Miller.

"Important messages will be delivered to desktop and wireless devices so that our personnel get the information in a timely manner no matter where they are carrying out their duties," Col. Miller said.

Official homeland security messages from the federal government are transmitted from the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS) to Pennsylvania through the Commonwealth Law Enforcement Assistance Network (CLEAN), which is operated by State Police.

"Now our system has been enhanced to direct both incoming homeland security alerts and high-priority Department alerts to key personnel through e-mails," Col. Miller said. He said the e-mails will be sent to troopers, motor carrier enforcement officers, liquor enforcement officers, intelligence analysts and police communications officers within the Department.

CLEAN is the computer system that provides criminal-record, driver- license, motor-vehicle and other data to all Pennsylvania law enforcement agencies.

Col. Miller said the upgrade was completed at no cost to the Commonwealth. He noted that other recent no-cost improvements to the system have included Amber Alert messaging, which provides the public with information about missing children, and the Megan's Law website, which makes information about convicted sex offenders available to the public online.

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