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Texans jolted awake Friday with news of a Blue Alert (www.audacy.com)

submitted 1 week ago by saywhatisabigw to c/texas

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[–] Zachariah 24 points 1 week ago (13 children)

A Blue Alert is a public bulletin that informs the media, law enforcement, and the public about the search for a person who is suspected of harming or killing a law enforcement officer.

Sounds pointless even then not a false alarm. Just use a regular shelter-in-place alert or whatever. No need to also specify cops are in harm’s way. That should be obvious.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

The BLUE Alert Act[1] was passed by the House 406 to 2 under the Obama Administration, with a very low percentage of non-votes.[2]

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