SB180 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Senate Bill

Enacted

Current Status

Regular Session 2012

Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Cam Ward
Republican
Co-Sponsors: Tom Whatley Bryan Taylor Gerald O. Dial Clay Scofield Phillip W. Williams Paul Bussman Dick Brewbaker Greg J. Reed Jimmy Holley Rusty Glover Paul Sanford Ben H. Brooks Gerald H. Allen Mark Slade Blackwell
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Public Safety Department, Blue Alert System, established, director to oversee, duties to department, director, and law enforcement agencies, notification when suspect wanted for injuring law enforcement officer or if officer is missing
Description: This bill would create the Blue Alert system, which is a system for notifying certain participants in the system when a suspect of a crime involving the death or serious injury of a peace officer has not been apprehended and law enforcement personnel have determined that the suspect may be a serious threat to the public or when a peace officer becomes missing while in the line of duty under circumstances warranting concern for the safety of the peace officer.
This bill would give the Director of the Department of Public Safety the authority to oversee the alert system and adopt rules to implement the alert system.
This bill would allow the Department of Public Safety to recruit certain media and certain entities and persons to assist in implementing this act and to give the department the authority to enter into agreements with participants in the alert system to provide necessary support for the alert system.
This bill would require a law enforcement agency participating in the alert system to cooperate with the department and assist in developing and implementing the alert system, would require the law enforcement agency to establish a plan for providing information to its officers, investigators, or employees once the alert system has been activated, and would require the law enforcement agency to utilize a rapid response telephone system that alerts residents in a targeted area.
This bill would limit the liability of an entity or individual involved in the dissemination of an alert generated through the alert system.
Subjects: Public Safety Department