Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8533 – Law-enforcement reports
The law-enforcement agency which has primary jurisdiction in the area from which a missing person complaint has been filed shall prepare, as soon as practicable, a report on the missing person. Such report shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) All information contained in the original complaint;
(2) All information or evidence gathered by the preliminary investigation, if one was made;
(3) A statement, by the law-enforcement officer in charge, setting forth that officer’s assessment of the case, based upon all evidence and information received;
(4) Any additional, supplemental or unusual information which the agency feels may be of importance in locating the missing person.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8533
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Complaint: shall mean any report, notification or information given to a law-enforcement officer that a person is missing or cannot, with reasonable care, be located;
(2) "Missing person" shall mean a person who is missing, and who also meets 1 of the following characteristics:
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.