Act No. 167

Public Acts of 2015

Approved by the Governor

November 3, 2015

Filed with the Secretary of State

November 3, 2015

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1, 2016

STATE OF MICHIGAN

98TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2015

Introduced by Senators Schuitmaker, Nofs, Jones, Horn, Bieda, MacGregor, Hertel, Hansen, Booher, Proos, Zorn, Marleau and O’Brien

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 336

AN ACT to prescribe the blue alert of Michigan as the official response to reports of serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer in certain circumstances; and to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities.

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. 3. As used in this act, “law enforcement officer” means that term as defined in section 2 of the commission on law enforcement standards act, 1965 PA 203, MCL 28.602.

Sec. 5. (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.

Sec. 7. A Michigan blue alert shall be activated only in accordance with policies established by the department of state police and if all of the following conditions apply:

(a) A law enforcement officer has been killed or seriously injured and the law enforcement agency investigating the incident has information identifying an individual as a suspect connected to the incident.

(b) The law enforcement agency that is investigating the suspect determines that the suspect poses a serious risk or threat to the public and other law enforcement personnel.

(c) The law enforcement agency investigating the suspect has obtained the suspect’s name or can provide a detailed physical description of the suspect, or the suspect’s vehicle, vehicle registration plate numbers or letters, or partial registration plate numbers or letters to be made available for broadcast to the public.

(d) The law enforcement agency investigating the suspect recommends that the state police activate the blue alert.

Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor