'Get the alert policies for account alias by calling the CLC API.
:param alias: the account alias
:return: the alert policies for the account alias'

def _get_alert_policies(self, alias):

    response = {}
    policies = self.clc.v2.API.Call('GET', ('/v2/alertPolicies/%s' % alias))
    for policy in policies.get('items'):
        response[policy.get('id')] = policy
    return response
