System and method for identifying a vehicle subject to an emergency alert and dispatching of signals

A system for identifying a vehicle subject to an emergency alert, comprising:

• one or more autonomous vehicles, each autonomous vehicle comprising a vehicle detection and identification system configured to analyze one or more vehicles within a surrounding environment;
• a central dispatch;
• and
• a wireless emergency alert system configured to:
• receive or generate an emergency alert;
• determine one or more autonomous vehicles to receive the emergency alert;
• and
• relay the emergency alert to the one or more autonomous vehicles via the central dispatch, wherein:
• the emergency alert comprises a geographic region associated with the emergency alert and one or more identifiable markers of a wanted vehicle, and
• the wireless emergency alert system comprises an emergency alert module configured to analyze the one or more images of the surrounding environment.

A central dispatch for identifying a vehicle subject to an emergency alert, comprising:

• a transceiver configured to receive a positive identification signal generated from an autonomous vehicle, the positive identification signal indicating that a wanted vehicle has been positively identified;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory configured to store programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• identify a location of the autonomous vehicle;
• locate one or more other autonomous vehicles that are searching for the wanted vehicle, subject to an emergency alert;
• and
• send, by the transceiver, a search halt command to some or all of the one or more other autonomous vehicles searching for the wanted vehicle, the search halt command configured to cause the one or more other autonomous vehicle to cease a search for the wanted vehicle.