WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 2, 2022) – What supporters say is a “common sense” response to dealing with an active shooter situation has been introduced in the US House.
The Active Shooter Act would establish a nationwide program, similar to the AMBER Alert System, that local law enforcement agencies can activate when such a situation occurs. It would set up an Active Shooter Alert Coordinator within the US Department of Justice that would offer federal training, technical support and best practices to local and state law enforcement agencies which would “effectively improve or implement active shooter alert systems,” according to one of the bill’s co-sponsors, St. Joseph Republican Fred Upton.
“It’s important in any neighborhood that, when you got something like that, that the immediate surrounding area gets alerted so thay can stay out of the way and be safe,” Upton said in a Tuesday appearance on “WHTC Morning News.”
Upton and fellow lead co-sponsor David Cicilline, a Democrat from Providence, Rhode Island, are hopeful that the legislation would clear the House by early spring. Among the supporting co-sponsors is first-term Republican Peter Meijer of Grand Rapids.
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