52-34.5 - Establishment of the Virginia Senior Alert Program. - Virginia Statutes

§ 52-34.5. Establishment of the Virginia Senior Alert Program.

The Virginia State Police shall develop policies for the establishment ofuniform standards for the creation of Senior Alert Programs throughout theCommonwealth. The Virginia State Police shall (i) inform locallaw-enforcement officials of the policies and procedures to be used for theSenior Alert Programs; (ii) assist in determining the geographic scope of aparticular Senior Alert; and (iii) establish procedures and standards bywhich a local law-enforcement agency shall verify that a senior adult ismissing and shall report such information to the Virginia State Police.

The establishment of a Senior Alert Program by a local law-enforcement agencyand the media is voluntary, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed tobe a mandate that local officials or the media establish or participate in aSenior Alert Program.

(2007, cc. 486, 723.)