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Introduced Session

This bill allows law enforcement officers to receive one-time emergency alerts on their personal wireless devices, which includes personal cell phones and laptops. The bill defines "one-time emergency alert" as an electronic message sent directly to a personal communication device that alerts law enforcement officers of an emergency event that threatens the health, safety, and welfare of the public. The information contained in the one-time emergency alert is required to be stored on an external computer server. The bill prohibits law enforcement officers from accessing the alert information on their personal communication devices after the alert has expired. In the interest of public safety, the information contained in the one-time emergency alerts would not be discoverable or admissible as evidence in any legal action or administrative proceeding. The alerts also would not be deemed a public record under the "Open Public Records Act," or the common law concerning access to public records.

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Jon Bramnick (R)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee (on 02/03/2022)

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