SANDY, UT--(Marketwire - Oct 13, 2011) - SecureAlert, Inc. (OTCBB: [ SCRA ]) (OTCQB: [ SCRA ]), a national leader in offender intervention and tracking technologies widely used by public safety agencies throughout the United States and expanding globally, announced today that it has just received the third of three patents issued to the Company from the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") this year. All three patents relate to the Company's premier ReliAlert™ product and proprietary Intervention Monitoring Service that provide one-of-a-kind interactive electronic and GPS monitoring solutions for criminal offenders.

The third patent, Pat# 8,031,077, issued October 4, 2011, relates to "A Remote Tracking and Communication Device," which enables voice communication through the device as well as generating audio alerts, a tamper alarm, and alarms based on change of the offender's geographical location.

The second US Patent issued this year, Pat# 8,013,736, issued September 6, 2011, relates to "A Alarm and Alarm Management System for Remote Tracking Devices tracked by a Monitoring Center," including features such as location tracking, wireless communication, a processor that monitors the device and compliance with a set of programmed rules, an automated response and a rule-based alarm processing hierarchy, which automatically escalate events if alarm conditions remain unresolved.

The first US Patent issued this year, Pat# 7,936,262, issued May 3, 2011, relates to a "A Remote Tracking System with a Dedicated Monitoring Center" and its ability to process and store location tracking information from remote tracking devices; including the ability to initiate two-way voice communication with each of the remote tracking devices; update operational configuration settings remotely and to activate alerts to the user being tracked.

"Intellectual Property is a significant measure of a Company's overall health and sustainable long-term commitment to the marketplace, and we are very excited to receive our third US Patent issued in just the last six months, substantially strengthening our Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio," said John L. Hastings III, President and CEO of SecureAlert, Inc. "Importantly, as evidenced by the issuance of these new patents, we are absolutely dedicated to investing in and protecting our IP globally, and believe that the competitive strength and significance of our technological advances will drive meaningful global growth for the Company in the future. We continue to make financial progress and are devoted to driving broad acceptance of our intervention-based, ReliAlert tracking technologies into the domestic and global marketplaces, and our significant Patent portfolio is just one weapon in our competitive arsenal", concluded Hastings.

About SecureAlert, Inc.

SecureAlert is a leading international provider of reliable electronic monitoring solutions, case management and services widely utilized by law enforcement agencies worldwide. SecureAlert offers real-time intervention services and innovative technologies to observe and track offenders wherever they may be: In their car, home or office. The Company delivers highly reliable intervention technologies and peace-of-mind through programs which allow probationers and paroled offenders to re-enter society by electronically monitoring them 24 hours a day, for enhanced public safety, while reducing the overall burdens and costs carried by the criminal justice and corrections systems. To learn more about SecureAlert, Inc., please visit [ www.securealert.com ].

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