Your Phone May Send You 'Blue Alerts' To Warn You When Local Police Are In Danger (androidpolice.com)

The FCC recently announced a new alert program called "Blue Alert" that will notify the public of threats to law enforcement in real time. "With the creation of a dedicated Blue Alert event code in the Emergency Alert System, state and local law enforcement will have the capability to push immediate warnings out to the public via broadcast, cable, and satellite providers, as well as to consumer smartphones through the Wireless Emergency Alert system," reports Android Police. From the report: Much like both the SILVER and AMBER alert programs, and utilizing the same notification system, Blue Alerts aim to warn the general public of threats to public safety and/or imminent danger. However, the police force focused alert system provides timely information to the public when police officers may be in danger. Chairman of the FCC and recent deregulator of the internet, Ajit Pai detailed the new FCC order saying, "Similar to the Amber Alerts that many are familiar with, Blue Alerts will enable authorities to warn the public when there is actionable information related to a law enforcement officer who is missing, seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, or when there is an imminent credible threat to an officer."

The December 14 order from the FCC activates the Blue Alerts service for one calendar year to deliver the notifications over the Emergency Alert System, and for 18 months over the Wireless Emergency Alert system.

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Re:When *police* are in danger?

[Anonymous Coward]

Have you ever wondered about *why* white people from the suburbs are successful? It's not the "white power structure" or racism. It's that we aren't programmed to fail by being told nonsense about how the world actually works.

Serious question - how would you know you weren't programmed with nonsense about how the world actually works if you've never had to leave the bubble of your white-centric upper-middle class neighborhood?

Re: Please, no...

[dwillden]

No, a "Well Regulated Militia" is in the definition of the term "Well Regulated" in 1790 a functional militia. That means the citizens who make up the militia have their own arms so that they can be called out by their local community leaders and respond with weapons (and ammo) needed to be a force to contend with. A disarmed populous that has to rely on a government stockpile of weapons being available is not a functional militia. The Minutemen didn't have time to head down to the villiage armory, wait for the armorer to be woken up and issue weapons. They heard the call, grabbed their weapons and responded. The founding fathers knew that. The Battles of Lexington and Concord were directly due to British efforts to confiscate gunpowder stockpiled by the communities. But the militia was able to respond with it's own weapons and history was set.

Further the Militia Act clearly states that the National Guard is NOT the militia, it is part of the formal US Military. While nominally under control of the local state, it is funded and equipped by the Federal Government and can be called up over a Governor's objection. We the people are the Militia, and if we are not armed we are not a functional or "Well Regulated" militia.