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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