all-points bulletin
noun
: a general bulletin broadcast to alert law-enforcement officers over a wide area that someone (such as a suspect) or something (such as a vehicle) is being actively sought in connection with a crime
The all-points bulletin for the suspects issued Thursday describes them as "armed and dangerous" …—Les Ledbetter
… police investigators have pored over video footage, interviewed witnesses, combed through social media chatter and shared surveillance images of the suspects with other police agencies in an all-points bulletin.—Michael Cabanatuan and Kurtis Alexander
called also APB
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