HB 2409 - DIGEST

Finds that school mapping would: (1) Protect all students in Washington;

(2) Help schools and emergency response teams in emergencies like the recent Virginia polytechnic institute and state university shootings;

(3) Help officers on the ground to know how an institution of higher education is laid out in an emergency, since some institutions are so complex that when an officer arrives at the school, the officer may be unable to determine where a potential gunman is located; and

(4) Be used for any potential crisis situation.

Requires the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs and the Washington association of fire chiefs to submit a report on the study and recommendations to the legislature by January 1, 2008.

Appropriates the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, from the general fund to the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs for the purposes of this act.