No. SB 814
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Emergency Alerts; Requiring a local law enforcement agency to activate the emergency alert system and issue a Ya Ya Alert to public and private schools and child care facilities under certain circumstances; requiring local law enforcement agencies to create and maintain a list of such schools and facilities within their jurisdictions; providing immunity from civil liability to certain persons for damages for complying in good faith with specified provisions; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement, in cooperation with specified departments, to activate the emergency alert system and issue an Imminent Threat Alert at the request of a local law enforcement agency under certain circumstances, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDLocal law enforcement must activate the emergency alert system and issue a Ya Ya Alert to all public and private schools and child care facilities within a 3-mile radius of an incident.
The Department of Law Enforcement must issue an Imminent Threat Alert to the general public when a local agency confirms a suspect poses an imminent threat to public safety.
Agencies, media, and communication providers are immune from civil liability for good-faith actions taken to record, report, or display information related to these specific alerts.
Local law enforcement agencies must create and maintain a list of all public schools, private schools, and child care facilities within their jurisdiction for alert distribution.
AICreates a mandatory duty for local law enforcement agencies to activate the emergency alert system and issue a Ya Ya Alert to all public and private schools and child care facilities within a 3-mile radius of an incident when the agency determines the scene gives rise to an imminent threat to the public.
AIRequires the Department of Law Enforcement, in cooperation with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the Department of Transportation, to activate the emergency alert system and issue an Imminent Threat Alert to the public upon the request of a local law enforcement agency that confirms an imminent threat exists.
AIRequires each local law enforcement agency to create and maintain a list of all public schools, private schools, and child care facilities within its jurisdiction for the purpose of complying with the alert requirements.
AIProvides immunity from civil liability for damages to local law enforcement agencies, state and local law enforcement agencies, media representatives, dealers of communications services, and other entities for complying in good faith with the recording, reporting, transmitting, displaying, or releasing of Ya Ya Alert or Imminent Threat Alert information, including a presumption of good faith that is not overcome by technical or clerical errors.
AIClarifies that the immunity provisions do not create a duty for agencies, employees, individuals, or entities to record, report, transmit, display, or release alert information, making the decision to disseminate discretionary.