Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2202 – Silver Alert Program
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2202
- Department: means the Department of Public Safety. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2201
- Media: means print, radio, Internet-based communication systems or other methods of communicating information to the public. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2201
- Missing endangered person: means a person who is believed to be in danger because of the person's age, mental or physical health or intellectual or developmental disability, because of environmental or weather conditions or because the person is missing in dangerous, unexplained, involuntary or suspicious circumstances as determined by a local law enforcement agency. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2201
- Silver Alert: means a notice provided under this chapter to the public through law enforcement agencies and the media. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2201
- Silver Alert Program: means the statewide alert program for missing endangered persons developed and implemented under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 25 Sec. 2201
In accordance with this chapter and with the cooperation of the Department of Transportation, the Maine Turnpike Authority, a statewide organization representing broadcast groups in the State, the Office of the Governor and appropriate law enforcement agencies, the department shall develop and implement the Silver Alert Program to be activated on behalf of missing endangered persons. The program must include standards of procedure for local law enforcement agencies to determine that a missing person is a missing endangered person, to determine information to be released regarding the missing endangered person or the circumstances of the person’s disappearance and to appropriately activate a Silver Alert to local or statewide law enforcement agencies and to the media, a plan for providing relevant information to the public through an existing system of dynamic message signs located across the State when necessary and training for all law enforcement officers. The Silver Alert Program must be developed and implemented using existing resources. [PL 2021, c. 62, §2 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2009, c. 583, §1 (NEW). PL 2021, c. 62, §2 (AMD).