Statewide coordinator – Adoption of rules – Issuance of directives.

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The Commissioner of Public Safety is the statewide coordinator of the silver alert system and shall:

1. Adopt rules and issue directives as necessary to ensure proper implementation of the alert. The rules and directives shall include:

  • a.the procedures to be used by a local law enforcement agency to verify whether a senior citizen:
    • (1)is missing,
    • (2)is believed to be suffering from dementia or other cognitive impairment, and
    • (3)is one whose disappearance is believed to pose a credible risk to the health and safety of the missing person,
  • b.the criteria for local law enforcement agencies to consider in circumstances in which a missing person may not meet the age requirements of a silver alert but whose safety would be best protected by the issuance of a silver alert,
  • c.the procedures for local law enforcement agencies to follow in initiating a statewide silver alert,
  • d.the method whereby information is distributed to statewide media outlets,
  • e.the procedures for the receipt and evaluation of information received from the public about the missing senior citizen, and
  • f.the procedure for the termination of a silver alert; and

2. Coordinate with local and statewide media outlets for the rapid and accurate announcement of a silver alert to the public.

Added by Laws 2009, c. 50, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.


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