Commissioner raises awareness of Government alerts that could expose "lifeline" secret phones

🤳 On Sunday, September 7, the national Emergency Alert System test will sound at 3pm.

Mobiles will emit a loud siren and vibrate - even if they're set to silent.

Surrey's Police and Crime Commissioner Lisa Townsend is now sharing more on how the alerts can be disabled on “lifeline” secret phones hidden by domestic abuse survivors.

Read more here.

Preventing violence against women and girls is a key priority, both for the Commissioner and for Surrey Police.

Lisa said: “Many victims may purposefully keep a secret phone as a vital lifeline.

"I urge any abuse survivors with a hidden phone to follow the Government's instructions below.”

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iPhones and Android phones

To opt out:

Other mobile phones and tablets

Depending on the manufacturer and software version of your phone, emergency alerts settings may be called different names, such as ‘wireless emergency alerts’ or ‘emergency broadcasts’.

The settings can usually be found in one of the following ways. Go to:

Then turn off ‘severe alerts’, ‘extreme alerts’ and ‘test alerts’.