The system, similar to an Amber Alert, would send alerts right to cell phones urging people to be on the lookout for the vehicle involved.
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The law is named after Jean Paul Guerrero, known as DJ Jinx Paul, a popular radio DJ who was struck and killed in Brooklyn about a year ago in a hit-and-run accident.
New law creates hit-and-run alert system
The city averages at least one hit-and-run a week, many of which go unsolved.
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Under the new law, alerts would go out to the public within 24 hours of an accident involving a fatality or serious injury.
Police would send out information about the vehicle they are looking for.
The system would be utilized on a case-by-case basis as police sometimes do not have enough information on vehicles to send the alerts.
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