What's the Sheriff ASTREA Helicopter Saying?' - Text "Hello" to (858) 866-HELO (4356)

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Brian
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What's the Sheriff ASTREA Helicopter Saying?' - Text "Hello" to (858) 866-HELO (4356)

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Answer to Age-Old Question: ‘What's the Sheriff ASTREA Helicopter Saying?'

Anybody who texts "Hello" to (858) 866-HELO (4356) can now have chopper messages sent to their phone in reply.

You have to text "Hello" to that number every time you want to know what ASTREA is saying.

https://youtu.be/_06gH7LSCe0

https://twitter.com/SDSheriff/status/13 ... 1270701056

https://apps.sdsheriff.net/pressrelease ... 9edc13cb6a

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/ ... g/2433626/
Brian
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Re: What's the Sheriff ASTREA Helicopter Saying?' - Text "Hello" to (858) 866-HELO (4356)

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Just tested it and got the first text from it.
Sunday November 15,2020 12:20pm.
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Active Public Announcement
(Vista, California): ASTREA & Deputies are looking for a missing person. Berhane Piong, Black Male. He is wearing a large hoodie and black pants. If you see this person please call 911
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From Sheriff Vista Twitter:
Missing person: Piong Bethany, 36 yrs, black male, 5’7, 230 lbs
Last seen wearing a green camouflage style hoodie jacket, black sweat pants, and blue sketcher sneakers. Last seen leaving 2225 Bosna Place, in uninc Vista. Diagnosed schizophrenic/mental capacity of a 7th gr child.
https://twitter.com/SDSOVista/status/13 ... 6222201856
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Re: What's the Sheriff ASTREA Helicopter Saying?' - Text "Hello" to (858) 866-HELO (4356)

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Sent ‘Hello’ on Thursday December 17th. 12:37pm.

Active Public Announcement

(San Marcos): Watch Commander: San Marcos UPDATE - @SDSOSanMarcos Deputies looking for a man who robbed the Chase Bank in the 300 block of S Twin Oaks Valley Rd in @SanMarcosCity. The suspect is described as a 25-30 year old, White male, 5 feet 11 inches, thin, 150 pounds, wearing a black hoodie with a gray logo, black baggy pants, black sunglasses, carrying a red, white, and blue skateboard. Please call 911 if you have any information.
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