After delays in the search for Brunett, lawmakers are calling for a revision of the AMBER alert system

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A Louisiana state lawmaker is calling on Governor Jeff Landry and the head of the state police to revise the process for issuing an AMBER alert following the disappearance of two young girls from Loranger after their mother was found brutally stabbed to death.

Republican Rep. Dixon McMakin of Baton Rouge sent a letter to Governor Landry and Louisiana State Police Colonel Robert Hodges on June 20, stating that “the AMBER Alert activation process in Louisiana is not as efficient or effective as it should be.”

He cited an apparent communication breakdown between law enforcement agencies on Thursday, June 13. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office issued an AMBER Alert shortly after the discovery of Callie Brunett’s body in her Loranger home. The alert was not sent until nearly four hours later. State police say the original application submitted was incomplete, which Sheriff Daniel Edwards denied when asked.

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“Louisiana can set a new standard by modernizing the process,” McMakin continued. He suggests using “a digital data collection form with required fields, rather than a PDF form that must be emailed or faxed and where the fields can be left blank.”

“In AMBER situations, every second counts,” he wrote. “Preventing and dismissing false reports will be critical.”

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