(AP) – A new system will soon alert Missourians when a law
enforcement officer is killed or injured.
enforcement officer is killed or injured.
Governor Eric Greitens on Friday signed a bill creating the “Blue Alert” system.
Similar to Amber Alerts, the system would notify the public when someone who
injured or killed a law enforcement officer is on the run.
The alert system was part of several crime-related changes to state law
approved by the Legislature in May. The law also increases penalties for
assaulting law enforcement officers.
Another part of the law creates a crime of illegal re-entry. The St. Louis
Post-Dispatch reports if a person is deported from the U.S. for committing a
crime and returns to the country and commits a felony, they would also be guilty
of illegal re-entry in Missouri.
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