May 25, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Condino, Bieda, Gleason, Gonzales, Plakas, Alma Smith, Wojno, Nofs, Accavitti, Hune, Brown, Meisner, Hopgood, Byrnes, Clemente, Spade, Tobocman, Gaffney, Stewart, Gillard, Phillips, Jones, Sheen, Byrum, Farrah, Kolb, Van Regenmorter, Stahl, Wenke, Lipsey, Polidori, Waters, Vagnozzi and Sak and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to prescribe the blue alert of Michigan as the official
response to reports of attacks on law enforcement officers; to
provide for the broadcast of information regarding those attacks;
to provide certain powers and duties of the department of state
police; and to provide for certain civil immunity.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"Michigan blue alert act".
Sec. 2. (1) The department of state police shall establish and
maintain the Michigan blue alert plan.
(2) The Michigan blue alert plan shall be designed to rapidly
disseminate useful information in a predetermined manner to radio
and television stations within this state in the event of an attack
upon a law enforcement officer during the performance of his or her
duties.
Sec. 3. The Michigan blue alert plan shall be activated only
in accordance with the policies established by the department of
state police.
Sec. 4. A radio or television station receiving information
concerning an attack upon a law enforcement officer from the
Michigan state police may broadcast that information in any manner
designed to assist in the apprehension of any suspect.
Sec. 5. The information to be broadcast by a radio or
television station under section 4 includes all of the information
provided by the Michigan state police. The information shall be
provided to predetermined radio and television stations by a method
agreed to by the Michigan state police and the Michigan association
of broadcasters.
Sec. 6. A radio or television station that accurately
broadcasts information concerning an attack on a law enforcement
officer obtained from the Michigan state police pursuant to this
act is immune from any civil liability based on the broadcast of
that information.