Security Alert: Sen. Rubio introduces threat assessment, prevention bill

Catching threats before it’s too late: From Parkland to Las Vegas to Sebring, innocent people died in an attack. Could something have been done to stop those shootings and save those victims?

Sen. Marco Rubio and others just introduced a bill to identify threats before a tragedy. Rubio and two co-sponsors introduced the Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019 also called TAP.

The goal is to develop a national strategy to prevent targeted violence and identify a potential mass shooter.

The new task force — made of federal, state and local experts — will work to identify people showing patterns of dangerous behavior.

If it passes, the bill would consider input from all communities without setting a national standard, include recommendations from all experts, seek to increase collaborations, recommend and create training programs.

A Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission report called for additional threat assessment capabilities.