BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Two Louisiana bills aim to make changes to how missing child alerts are issued after a high-profile case involving a New Orleans boy.
House Bill 74, authored by Rep. Michael Echols (R-Monroe), aims to create a “Spectrum Alert” system that would be issued to the public when a child with autism goes missing.
It would direct the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections to develop the alert system, outline its requirements, and provide training for law enforcement officers on responding to these alerts…