Mattie's Call is a law enforcement initiated alert system to locate missing elderly, or otherwise disabled persons. It was created by an Act of the Georgia state legislature in 2006. In 2004, radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

s and local law enforcement agencies

Law enforcement agency

In North American English, a law enforcement agency is a government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws.Outside North America, such organizations are called police services. In North America, some of these services are called police while others have other names In North American...

 in the Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

 area broadcast information about the elderly Mattie Moore missing from her home. Ms. Moore had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

Mattie's call was patterned after the AMBER Alert

AMBER Alert

An AMBER Alert or a Child Abduction Emergency is a child abduction alert bulletin in several countries throughout the world, issued upon the suspected abduction of a child, since 1996...

 system created to locate missing, or abducted children. It uses public service announcement

Public service announcement

A public service announcement or public service ad is a type of advertisement featured on television, radio, print or other media...

s on radio stations, displays on publicly controlled signaling devices and transmissions to law enforcement agencies in an attempt to locate the missing endangered person.

Mattie's Call is an example of a Silver Alert

Silver Alert

A Silver Alert is a public notification system in the United States to broadcast information about missing persons - especially seniors with Alzheimer's Disease, dementia or other mental disabilities - in order to aid in their return....

system to locate missing seniors.