(a) The department will disseminate a TAPO alert in compliance with this subchapter.
(b) The agency will immediately use a code to make the initial alert dissemination to an officer in the field by radio or other telecommunication system, unless there is a compelling reason to use plain English.
  (1) The agency may provide other details of the alert, including the identity of the agency that submitted the electronic record to contact for specific, detailed information about the nature of the threat.
  (2) The department encourages but does not require a uniform, statewide code to make the initial alert.
(c) The department may disseminate selected information or analysis under this subchapter through a general statistical report, newsletter, bulletin, alert, or other appropriate media.

Source Note: The provisions of this §5.36 adopted to be effective February 24, 2002, 27 TexReg 1179; amended to be effective March 11, 2008, 33 TexReg 2036; amended to be effective March 17, 2019, 44 TexReg 1359