The statewide Turquoise Alert was initially touted as a way to swiftly disseminate info about Indigenous peoples who've gone missing. But the first-ever alert issued in Arizona this week highlighted how lawmakers expanded criteria beyond the framers' intent.

The Department of Public Safety issued the first statewide Turquoise Alert on Wednesday, and it has since been canceled after the subjects were located in Cottonwood.

A Turquoise Alert has been issued for a 6-year-old girl who was last seen in Arizona with her mother, who does not have custody of her. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said that mother Sarah Coultas is alleged to have fled from Hawaii with her daughter Violet, in violation of a court order.