Bill Text: FL H0003 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Assault or Battery of a Law Enforcement Officer
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-03 - Ordered enrolled -HJ 1101 [H0003 Detail]
Download: Florida-2011-H0003-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Assault or Battery of a Law Enforcement Officer
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-03 - Ordered enrolled -HJ 1101 [H0003 Detail]
Download: Florida-2011-H0003-Introduced.html
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2 | An act relating to assault or battery of law enforcement |
3 | officers; creating s. 784.071, F.S.; providing a |
4 | definition; requiring issuance of a specified alert after |
5 | an attack upon a law enforcement officer in certain |
6 | circumstances; providing an effective date. |
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8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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10 | Section 1. Section 784.071, Florida Statutes, is created |
11 | to read: |
12 | 784.071 Assault or battery of law enforcement officer; |
13 | alert.- |
14 | (1) As used in this section, the term "blue alert" means |
15 | an alert issued after an attack upon a law enforcement officer |
16 | as described in subsection (2). |
17 | (2) Upon the request of an authorized person at a law |
18 | enforcement agency that is investigating an offense described in |
19 | paragraph (a), the Florida Highway Patrol shall activate the |
20 | Emergency Alert System and issue a blue alert if all of the |
21 | following conditions are met: |
22 | (a) A law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 784.07, |
23 | has been killed, has suffered serious bodily injury, or has been |
24 | assaulted with a deadly weapon and a suspect has fled the scene |
25 | of the offense. |
26 | (b) A law enforcement agency investigating the offense |
27 | determines that such a suspect poses an imminent threat to the |
28 | public or other law enforcement personnel. |
29 | (c) A detailed description of the suspect's vehicle or |
30 | other means of escape or license plate is available for |
31 | broadcast. |
32 | (d) Dissemination of available information to the public |
33 | may help avert further harm or assist in the apprehension of the |
34 | suspect. |
35 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |
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