§ 10-13-5-6 — Duties of clearinghouse staff

Indiana § 10-13-5-6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 10: PUBLIC SAFETY
• Art. 13: STATE POLICE DATA AND INFORMATION
• Ch. 5: Indiana Clearinghouse for Information on Missing

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(a) The superintendent shall designate staff
responsible for the operation of the clearinghouse.
(b) The staff's duties include the following:
(1) Creation and operation of an intrastate network of
communication designed for the speedy collection and processing
of information concerning missing children, missing veterans at
risk, and missing endangered adults.
(2) Creation and operation of a central data storage, retrieval, and
information distribution system designed for the exchange of
information on missing children, missing veterans at risk, and
missing endangered adults within and outside Indiana. The system
must be capable of interacting with:
(A) the Indiana data and communication system under IC 10-13-3-35; and
(B) the National Crime Information Center.
(3) Development of appropriate forms for the reporting of missing
children, missing veterans at risk, and missing endangered adults
that may be used by law enforcement agencies and private
citizens to provide useful information about a missing child, a
missing veteran at risk, or a missing endangered adult to the
clearinghouse.
(4) Cooperation with the following agencies concerning the
location of missing children, missing veterans at risk, and missing
endangered adults:
(A) State and local public and private nonprofit agencies
involved with the location and recovery of missing persons.
(B) Agencies of the federal government.
(C) State and local law enforcement agencies within and
outside Indiana.
(5) Coordinating efforts to locate missing children, missing
veterans at risk, and missing endangered adults with the agencies
listed in subdivision (4).
(6) Operation of the toll free telephone line created under section
7(a) of this chapter.
(7) Publishing and updating, on a quarterly basis, a directory of
missing children, missing veterans at risk, and missing
endangered adults.
(8) Compiling statistics on missing children, missing veterans at
risk, and missing endangered adult cases handled by the
clearinghouse, including the number of cases resolved each year.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-7-4.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.43-2009, SEC.6; P.L.40-2024, SEC.7.