The provincial Nova Scotia Emergency Management office said that social media is an 'effective tool' when alerting the public about the start and stop of emergency alerts.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.The Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office said residents looking to get updates after alert notifications are sent to their phones should check social media instead of waiting for end-of-incident alerts.
While police had sent out an initial alert to phones and media on April 19, they only told residents they had apprehended the suspect on the social media platform, X. Police say they’ll continue to door-knock and alert those in the immediate area of updates to safety.
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