House passes legislation that would create an Amber-alert-like system for active shooter situations.
after allegedly shooting people at a subway station in Brooklyn.
In active shooter events, authorities have had to resort to using Twitter and social media to tell the public about the situation, Cicilline said. "This is terribly inefficient and dangerous," he said in a statement."Law enforcement needs and deserves better tools than Twitter to communicate with the community and the Active Shooter Alert Act answers that call."
Upton said in a statement that the alert system would allow police and first responders"to focus on ending the situation and saving lives." He said he heard from"law enforcement and police chiefs that active shooter alerts can be a vital tool to provide accurate, real-time information to our communities, and one they believe will help in these dangerous situations."
Passage of the bill in the House comes after a spate of mass shootings in the U.S. in recent months, including in Buffalo, N.Y., Uvalde, Texas, and Highland Park. In late June, President Joe Biden
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