                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACTIVATION OF SENIOR ALERT PROGRAM UPON AN INCIDENT OF A MISSING SENIOR ADULT
(§ 52-34.6)

A. Upon receipt of a notice of a missing senior adult from a law-enforcement
agency, the Virginia State Police shall confirm the accuracy of the information
and provide assistance in the activation of the Senior Alert Program as the
investigation dictates.

B. Senior Alerts may be local, regional, or statewide. The initial decision to
make a local Senior Alert shall be at the discretion of the local
law-enforcement official. Prior to making a local Senior Alert, the local
law-enforcement official shall confer with the Virginia State Police and provide
information regarding the missing senior adult to the Virginia State Police. The
decision to make a regional or statewide Senior Alert shall be at the discretion
of the Virginia State Police.

C. The Senior Alert shall include the missing senior adult information as
defined in &#xA7; 15.2-1718.1 and any other such information as the
law-enforcement agency deems appropriate that will assist in the safe recovery
of the missing senior adult.

D. The Senior Alert shall be cancelled under the terms of the Senior Alert
Agreement. Any local law-enforcement agency that locates a missing senior adult
who is the subject of an alert shall notify the Virginia State Police
immediately that the missing senior adult has been located.

HISTORY: 2007, cc. 486, 723.