"alerted" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it to describe when someone has been made aware of a situation or potential danger. Example: The tourists were alerted to the upcoming storm by the lifeguard.
Looking to make a show of force, the cops had alerted the UK's tabloid press, who had been waiting outside Ellis's building since daybreak.
An army corporal, Jorge Rodriguez Contreras, and a civilian lawyer, Gloria Urrego were taken along with the general, but a soldier who piloted the vessel escaped and alerted authorities, the minister said.
In November 2013, an agent mistakenly left a bullet from his gun in the hotel room of a woman he met in a Washington bar and alerted hotel staff when she would not let him back into the room.
Elementary checks with HMRC could have alerted the commission to the true purpose of the trust and its trustee … Its purpose was to avoid tax".
The numbers of specific allegations are far lower than the headlines suggest and, even though the police have been alerted, there has not yet been enough evidence to gain a single conviction.
Expressing surprise that Hallam himself had not mentioned the existence of his phone or the fact that he had been taking pictures with it to his legal team, she said: "We would have thought the appellant [Hallam] would have alerted the defence team that he had been taking photos on a new phone, which would have helped establish his whereabouts".
Murray retrieved and was lobbed but, swivelling on the retreat near the baseline, conjured up a dazzling crosscourt winner that alerted the crowd to the possibility of something special.
Kaarma shot and killed Dede after being alerted by a motion detector in his garage, which was left partially open with a purse deliberately placed inside.
Suspicions were raised immediately after Davidson alerted staff that Paterson had died, as there was blood on the pillow.
A helicopter from nearby RAF Valley was called to assist with the incident after police were alerted to four men in difficulty at 8.30am on Sunday.
Supt Alex Gross said: "Police were alerted to the incident at 8.30am this morning and a multi-agency response was mobilised involving the police water rescue unit, North Wales fire and rescue service, Welsh ambulance service and Llanberis mountain rescue team.
