In 2011, the Florida Legislature established the Florida Blue Alert Plan. The Blue Alert utilizes the technologies employed by the AMBER Alert Plan to notify the public of critical information when a law enforcement officer is killed, suffered serious bodily injury, or is missing while in the line of duty and the suspect, who is considered to pose an imminent threat to the public, is still at large.
Under the Blue Alert Plan, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), in conjunction with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles’ Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) immediately broadcasts important information about the offender when this information would help avert further harm or assist in the apprehension of the suspect. A Blue Alert is disseminated to the public through the Emergency Alert System by broadcasting the alert on television, radio, and dynamic message signs located along the state’s highways.
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