TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A bill filed this week in Florida would bring a new emergency system to the state, dubbed a “Ya Ya Alert.”

The bill — SB 814 — was filed on Tuesday by state Sen. Shevrin Jones (D-Miami Gardens), and it would set up a system for “imminent threat alerts.”

Under the proposal, if an incident pops up that poses an imminent threat to the public, law enforcement must issue a Ya Ya Alert to all schools and childcare facilities within at least 3 miles of the incident.

BUT WHAT IS A “YA YA ALERT?”

These Ya Ya Alerts are intended to inform schools and childcare facilities about any imminent threats, which include all of the following factors:

A person has been killed or seriously injured by a suspect with a deadly weapon.

The suspect flees the scene of the offense.

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