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Good point.

Here's a summary.

Active Shooter Alert Act of 2022

This bill requires a designated officer of the Department of Justice to act as the national coordinator of an Active Shooter Alert Communications Network regarding an emergency involving an active shooter.

The bill sets forth duties of the coordinator, including to work with state, tribal, and local governments to encourage coordination of various elements of the network. The coordinator must also encourage federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies to establish procedures for responding to active shooters.

Finally, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report on state and local responses to active shooters and situations requiring the issuance of a public alert or warning.


Here's the bill.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6538/text

Sounds fairly pointless to me.

Maybe I am wrong, but it seems to me if a shooting is happening in one school, I don't think it takes long for all the schools in the area to know about it.

I don't mind if it is passed. It won't do any harm, but it seems like a waste of money to me.

You have to look at what was posted. There were no actual *other things thrown into the bill* that he cited. It was nothing more than a general comment totally unsubstantiated by the poster to dismiss the bill.

If nothing else, this part is worth it.

Hopefully those procedures won't involve sanitizing your hands. That still irks me.

Your comment made me laugh. Then, I got angry again. It was infuriating to watch.

think about how many people have smartphones. kids, parents, teachers, older people, etc. so its a much more effective way to get the word out fast about a situation at a specific location. anything that can prevent the amount of deaths at our schools - or anywhere - to protect our kids must be taken into consideration.

I will just say that the idea of an amber alert for an active shooter situation is a bit confounding.

If for some reason there is an active shooter situation, you probably don't need a smart phone alert.

As we learned from Uvalde, the response is probably far more important.

The Amber alert system is overused. A lot of times is involves a custody dispute, not a kidnapping.

I agree. If an active shooter is present, the people that need to know, do know.

What is needed is the police to do their job - protect and serve. No need to wait for half a platoon to show up. JMO, but an active shooter isn't looking for someone to shoot him - he's looking for victims to shoot. The video of Uvalde was sad, to say the least.

I just picture hundreds of nosy bystanders rushing to the scene and interfering with the actual responders.

Agreed. Also, on a large school campus, if a shooting is occurring in one wing, the other wings may have no idea what is taking place.

Additionally, the alert can provide an announcement when the shooter has been killed or detained so the rest of the locked down classroom are aware there is no longer a threat. Relying on students/teachers to make their own judgement call on if it is the shooter at the door impersonating an officer or an actual officer, like what students were faced with at Oxford High in Michigan, is less than ideal.

I don't have a problem w/the law. It's fine. However, I don't buy the part about "the alert can provide an announcement when the shooter has been killed or detained so the rest of the locked down classroom are aware there is no longer a threat." I was at three different school districts once all this madness became a thing and we were instructed to never open a door or move from our designated hiding spots until the all-clear was given from the main office. We were not to open a door or window no matter who was at the door.