Texans jolted awake Friday with news of a Blue Alert
Texans jolted awake Friday with news of a Blue Alert
the alert was triggered in Hall County, 4 and a half hours northwest of Dallas. We’re told a deputy there was injured by a 33-year-old white man, 6-foot-2, 220-pounds.
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A Blue Alert is a public bulletin that informs the media, law enforcement, and the public about the search for a person who is suspected of harming or killing a law enforcement officer.
Sounds pointless even then not a false alarm. Just use a regular shelter-in-place alert or whatever. No need to also specify cops are in harm’s way. That should be obvious.
And what the hell are we supposed to do? Break out my pistol and head north?
Or maybe I’m wrong. What if we had colors for all occupations that frequently get shot?
Gold for teachers
Silver for military
White for postal worker
Green for retail sales workers
Yellow for taxi drivers
Brown for waiters
You forgot a category for school kids. You did say "frequently" ...
Damnit, that’s the whole reason I added the comment.
Pink for girl students
Blue for boy students
(I’m assuming the color-coding people only believe in two genders.)
Delivery drivers too!
The BLUE Alert Act[1] was passed by the House 406 to 2 under the Obama Administration, with a very low percentage of non-votes.[2]
TBF, if someone is on the run after having attacked a police officer, you could safely assume that they are a danger to anyone who stands in their way.
That’s kinda my point.
But you said
No need to also specify cops are in harm’s way.
I'm saying that specifying that communicates the seriousness of the situation, and the potential danger to the public.
I don’t see how the occupation of the person getting shot makes it any more serious.
And cops would already communicate to each other that one of them was harmed, so I’m not sure it helps them either.
TBF, if someone is on the run after having attacked a police officer, you could safely assume that they are a danger to anyone who stands in their way.
TBF, if someone is on the run after having attacked an anyone, you could safely assume that they are a danger to anyone who stands in their way.
I don’t currently think so, but you may be right: An attacker is more dangerous if they’ll harm a cop.
An attacker is more dangerous if they’ll harm a cop.
That's what I was going for, and I was not clear enough. If you're someone who's going to attack a cop in order to escape, you're far more likely to do anything to remain uncaptured.