A task for will hear arguments for trying BY REBECCA HOLLAND If the man whose truck was caught in the path of a Baton Rouge Police Department pursuit in March would have known the chase was nearby, would he have been killed? If Maggie Dunn and Caroline Gill, the two teenagers killed when an Addis police officer ran a red light during a pursuit last New Year’s Eve, had been alerted, would they be alive today? No one can answer these questions, but Pursuit Alert founder Tim Morgan doesn’t want other families to have to think about similar kinds of "what ifs." He created a warning system that allows law enforcement to send real-time alerts to residents through an app. Notifications that a pursuit is within a few miles could prompt people to stop driving or be on the lookout for speeding vehicles. ...

LOS ANGELES - Would you use an app that warned you about a pursuit coming your way? Digital Siren developed an app that will alert drivers of any pursuits in their area… it works similar to an Amber Alert. "A high speech chase is the single event where and officer endangers the public the most, just simply trying to do their job," said retired law enforcement officer Tim Morgan with Digital Siren . Morgan started working on the idea after being part of a high-speed pursuit chase that killed an innocent bystander.

BATON ROUGE - Police chases have killed five people in the capital area this year, including two members of law enforcement. As the Louisiana legislature continues to debate the best ways to handle these chases, states like Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina have some counties using the Digital Siren app. The app is free, and law enforcement would be able to send notifications to drivers' phones, warning them a chase is going on in their area. "We want them to be looking out for that fleeing vehicle, whatever the situation might be," said Tim Morgan, a former high ranking sheriff's deputy in South Carolina and the creator of Digital Siren.