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Former lawmaker backs proposal to add escaped-inmate alerts to Ohio emergency alert system
Summary
Kevin Coughlin, a former state legislator who helped author Ohio's AMBER Alert, testified in support of a substitute House Bill 23 to permit emergency alerts for dangerous escaped inmates under defined standards to protect the system’s credibility.
Kevin Coughlin, a former state representative and state senator who helped enact Ohio’s AMBER Alert system, provided proponent testimony in support of Substitute House Bill 23, which would add dangerous escaped inmates to the state’s emergency information network.
Speaking to the Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee, Coughlin…
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