Android users can go to their settings menu and go to the safety and emergency section, then the wireless emergency alerts to access government alerts. This section lets users personally customize their notifications that include: extreme threats, severe threats, AMBER alerts, public safety messages and state and local tests.

If you have emergency alerts turned on, the alert tone will sound loudly even if you have your phone is on Do Not Disturb.

Texas authorities issued a Blue Alert around 4:50 a.m. Friday morning, launching a statewide search for a man suspected of injuring an officer.

A blue alert has been issued in Texas for Seth Altman. He is suspected of injuring a police officer and is believed to be armed and dangerous.

Authorities sent a Blue Alert to cell phones across Texas Friday morning for a man they allege was involved in the injury of a law enforcement officer. Seth Altman, 33, was last seen in the 200 block of South 4th St.