(a) The Silver Alert System is established within the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency. The Silver Alert System is used when appropriate to alert other public safety departments and private safety organizations when an adult with documented serious memory impairment, such as Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia, is reported to the Virgin Islands Police Department as a missing person.
(b) The Silver Alert System shall direct and focus law enforcement and other key response resources in a cost-effective way within a geographic area consistent with the missing person’s last known location and in accordance with the best available research data related to activities of persons with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia.