Activation of silver alert procedure - Procedure.

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  4. Activation of silver alert procedure - Procedure.

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A. A silver alert shall be activated if a local law enforcement agency:

1. Receives notice of a missing senior citizen;

2. Verifies that at the time the senior citizen is reported missing:

  • a.the person reported missing is sixty (60) years of age or older,
  • b.the location of the senior citizen is unknown, or
  • c.the senior citizen has dementia or other cognitive impairment;

3. Determines that the disappearance of the senior citizen poses a credible threat to the health and safety of the senior citizen; and

4. Determines that information which may assist in the safe recovery of the missing senior citizen is available.

B. The local law enforcement agency shall:

1. Require the family or legal guardian of the missing senior citizen to provide documentation of the impaired mental condition of the senior citizen;

2. Determine identifying information about the missing senior citizen and any other information which might be useful to the general public in the safe recovery of the missing senior citizen; and

3. Report the individual through the national crime information center immediately upon the issuance of a silver alert.

Added by Laws 2009, c. 50, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.


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