General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 765
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1348
Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
SEN. KANE, 32nd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 765
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 1348
Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
SEN. KANE, 32nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY ALERTS CONCERNING ABDUCTED OR MISSING CHILDREN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to specify the conditions when a law enforcement agency disseminates an emergency alert and information concerning the abduction of a child and to authorize an alert when a child under seventeen years of age is reported to have run away from home.
Statement of Purpose:
To clarify when an Amber alert may be given and allow such an alert in cases where a child has run away from home.