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Starting January 1, 2027, Utah's Department of Public Safety would operate a new "Purple Alert" system to help locate missing people with physical or mental impairments who don't qualify for an Amber Alert — specifically children under 18 with any impairment, and adults age 18 to 59 whose impairment substantially limits their ability to protect themselves, meet basic needs, or manage daily life (people with dementia are covered separately and excluded from this adult category). When a law enforcement agency reports a missing vulnerable person and determines the alert would likely help locate them safely, the agency can ask the department to activate a Purple Alert, and the department must do so if the situation doesn't already meet Amber Alert criteria and meets any additional rules the department sets. These alerts would use the same coordination process as Amber Alerts, including highway signs limited to the specific area where the person was last seen, but could not trigger the Emergency Alert System or reveal the missing person's specific medical diagnosis.