Community Alert is a community safety programme for rural areas with an emphasis on older and vulnerable people. It operates as a partnership between the community, An Garda Síochána and Muintir na Tíre. It works on the principle of shared responsibility for crime prevention and reduction.

A key part of the Community Alert programme is the Text Alert initiative where members of the community can sign-up to receive text alerts from the local garda about suspicious or criminal activity in the local area.