                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VIRGINIA CRITICALLY MISSING ADULT ALERT PROGRAM (§
52-34.11)

The Virginia State Police shall develop policies for the establishment of
uniform standards for the creation of Critically Missing Adult Alert Programs
throughout the Commonwealth. The Virginia State Police shall (i) inform local
law-enforcement officials of the policies and procedures to be used for the
Critically Missing Adult Alert Programs; (ii) assist in determining the
geographic scope of a particular Critically Missing Adult Alert; and (iii)
establish procedures and standards by which a local law-enforcement agency shall
verify that an adult is a critically missing adult and shall report such
information to the Virginia State Police.
		The establishment of a Critically Missing Adult Alert Program by a local
law-enforcement agency and the media is voluntary, and nothing in this chapter
shall be construed to be a mandate that local officials or the media establish
or participate in a Critically Missing Adult Alert Program.

HISTORY: 2018, c. 397.