FCC Proposes “Blue Alert” for Threats against Law Enforcement

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Vigilantes, rejoice: the FCC intends to establish a national system that notifies the public of ongoing threats to law enforcement in their area through broadcast, cable, satellite, and wireline video outlets. Basically, these will function like Amber Alerts, but for crime in your area: it’s great news for those who want to play Batman or Punisher.

The new alert was proposed by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in May and a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was released for the Commission to consider at today's meeting. In a press release, the FCC said, "Blue Alerts can be used to warn the public when there is actionable information related to a law enforcement officer who is missing, seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, or when there is an imminent credible threat to an officer. As a result, a Blue Alert could quickly warn you if a violent suspect may be in your community, along with providing instructions on what to do if you spot the suspect and how to stay safe."
 
From the people which can't even have a website up when John Oliver takes the piss out of the FCC (Ajit Pai ).
 
I wonder how effective (or damaging) this might be in neighborhoods where law enforcement officers are more feared than respected.
 
Why aren't these 'police alerts' for all people? Why is it solely for officers of the law?

I'm personally down on any kind of notifications. This seems like another tool for fear mongering.
 
Anything to make the citizens second class is always a good thing.

Reminds of the Blue Laws in the deep south when I was a kid.

I also thought we already a color coded terrorist threat chart.

Fortunately I have a color blind classification on my drivers license.:D
 
Megalith said:
Basically, these will function like Amber Alerts, but for crime in your area: it’s great news for those who want to play Batman or Punisher.
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Not really crime in your area, it's a very specific crime and alerts will likely expand for states if the suspect is on the move. Just for crimes against Law Enforcement. I'm guessing this would just be used to pass information (suspect/vehicle) like a BOLO.
 
US citizens need "blue alerts", but not for threats against law enforcement officers, but for threats against citizens from law enforcement officers.
2017
Police killed by civilians 30
Civilians killed by police 575

http://killedbypolice.net/
 
Maybe if they want to de-escalate the threat level they should think about ending the drug war which causes the vast majority of violence in this nation.

Approximately two months ago there were two men in their twenties sitting in a car outside a Wawa in my area. They were rolling a joint when a cop decided to enforce the state's will. One of the men shot the officer multiple times point blank, then exited the vehicle and stood over the officer while emptying his gun. The second man tried to assist the officer in vain as his companion fled the scene.

This shit happens every day. The mandatory sentences, asset forfeitures, and three strikes laws have escalated the situation to the point that it places people in snap decision situations which will affect the rest of their life. They literally see everything flash before their eyes, deprivation of freedom, loss of property, etc, and in that instant they make the wrong decision.

But lets face it, wrong decisions are being made on both sides of the badge. We see innocent people shot all the time. How many people do we need to lose on both sides of the badge before people wake up an realize that our drug war is a bad public policy which places people in bad situations.


Cpl. Stephen J. Ballard, age32, 8 years "on the job".

R.I.P.

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panhead said:
US citizens need "blue alerts", but not for threats against law enforcement officers, but for threats against citizens from law enforcement officers.
2017
Police killed by civilians 30
Civilians killed by police 575

http://killedbypolice.net/
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How to lie with statistics...the ratio of police killed compared to the number of police dwarfs the number of civilians killed to number of total civilians. It's almost like you're just being obtuse to try to prove your SJW perspective.
 
kirbyrj said:
How to lie with statistics...the ratio of police killed compared to the number of police dwarfs the number of civilians killed to number of total civilians
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The ratio of civilian deaths at the hands of the police in the US dwarfs the ratios anywhere else in the world.
 
panhead said:
The ratio of civilian deaths at the hands of the police in the US dwarfs the ratios anywhere else in the world.
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The U.S. also leads the world in drug use (legal and illegal)...maybe there's a correlation?
 
kirbyrj said:
How to lie with statistics...the ratio of police killed compared to the number of police dwarfs the number of civilians killed to number of total civilians. It's almost like you're just being obtuse to try to prove your SJW perspective.
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The numbers you need to make this argument are going to come from figuring out high risk officers compared to high risk citizens. We'd want to focus on males ages 18-24, and for a more nuanced perspective break that down by race. According to 2010 census data, there are about 15 million male 18-24 year olds.

We have nearly 2 million officers in the US, but I haven't broken it down to officers most likely to interact with a citizen in the street. That gives you a better idea of what you're trying to get at here in this sentence, though.
 
Lith1um said:
But lets face it, wrong decisions are being made on both sides of the badge. We see innocent people shot all the time. How many people do we need to lose on both sides of the badge before people wake up an realize that our drug war is a bad public policy which places people in bad situations.
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The day the government can no longer make money from the drug war on both sides of it. Either bribes, running their own drugs for cash for black ops, and revenues from punishments on the citizenry. Oh, and its let them destroy the 4th amendment.

Answer: Not any time soon.
 
kirbyrj said:
The U.S. also leads the world in drug use (legal and illegal)...maybe there's a correlation?
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It also leads the world in research into drugs and production of them. The prices we often pay subsidize the cheap costs paid by socialist governments. Our own govenrment makes it a FELONY to reimport most drugs that would be drastically cheaper.
 
kirbyrj said:
Like heroin is a way to better your life that the government is keeping out of your hands?
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People do drugs whether they're legal or not. There is plenty of evidence that legalization doesn't cause increases in drug use. Many have been decriminalized in the Netherlands for 40+ years and last I checked, drug use went down. The war on drugs is a complete utter abject failure that wastes ungodly amounts of money and stops NOTHING.
 
panhead said:
US citizens need "blue alerts", but not for threats against law enforcement officers, but for threats against citizens from law enforcement officers.
2017
Police killed by civilians 30
Civilians killed by police 575

http://killedbypolice.net/
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2015 Civilians killed by civilians 15,696

Maybe people should stop killing each other if they don't want police involved.
 
kirbyrj said:
Like heroin is a way to better your life that the government is keeping out of your hands?
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The opiods created by the pharmaceutical corporations are killing many times more than heroin today. Health officials have stated the heroin supply is contaminated with fentanyl.
Many countries in Europe decriminalized the possession of all drugs and treat drug use as a HEALTH issue not a criminal issue.

The US treats drug use and metal health as a LAW ENFORCEMENT issue and jails the addicts and mentally ill.
 
Ocellaris said:
2015 Civilians killed by civilians 15,696

Maybe people should stop killing each other if they don't want police involved.
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I hope/wish the police were arresting/killing the people killing others. Problem is they kill a lot of innocent people and pets in the process with no repercussions except a paid vacation.

How many innocent people have to die to make sure the cop always go home?
 
kirbyrj said:
Like heroin is a way to better your life that the government is keeping out of your hands?
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I don't want people using heroin, but they do. The government's current policy doesn't stop them, it just put them at greater risk of overdose.

There are no product purity standards in a black market, no regulation. Addicts get used to buying from a specific dealer who uses a certain percentage of a specific substance to cut the drug. Inevitably that supply chain becomes interrupted due to the drug war and the user ends up using heroin with a different percentage of cut or a different substance. The common result is an overdose due to the affecf of government policy. The addict doesn't change his dose, but the product varies wildly.


Not to mention the hypocrisy of the government's response when you consider that the CIA imported enough heroin, LSD, and cocaine, to single handedly start waves of addiction.
 
What do they consider "local" and how do they then plan on localizing the warning broadcast? I get severe weather alerts flashing across my TV and cell for areas half a state away from where I live that don't and won't have any impact on me. The same can be said of most Amber alerts, i.e., spotted 50-150mi South of my city, driving away on Southbound interstate.

I can only imagine how this will go over in larger cities with greater incidents that would trigger these alerts on a more frequent basis.

If they use the current public address systems, they're going to have a lot of people more upset over the disruptions to their listening, viewing and calls, than about knowing the police, whether half a state, city or block, away, have a "situation".
 
glutto said:
I wonder how effective (or damaging) this might be in neighborhoods where law enforcement officers are more feared than respected.
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Well if it's anything like the Amber Alert, then it won't be that localized, some injured/slain/whatever officer will light up phones in in a 30 mile radius.... yet another Alert I will find myself disabling as a result (not that I think a "Blue Alert" would be particularly useful)
 
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