MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) - The recent disappearance of a woman from the Spirit Lake Reservation is sparking questions about the newest safety alerts in North Dakota.

At one point or another, we’ve heard our phones go off with a missing person alert.

That notification comes with a lot of behind-the-scenes criteria that need to be met.

More than 1,300 people went missing in North Dakota last year alone.

The state’s public alert system helps spread the word to locate the missing.

“When someone’s abducted against their own will or have physical or mental impairments that make them not understand what’s going on, and abducted children also,” said Jenna Clawson Huibregtse.

Those are just a few of the key details examined when determining which alert to use.

Jenna Clawson Huibregtse with the sta

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