§ 12-10-18-3 — Public notification

(a) Upon completion of the report described
by section 1 of this chapter, if the law enforcement agency has reason
to believe that public notification may assist in locating the missing
endangered adult or missing veteran at risk, the law enforcement
agency may immediately forward the contents of the report to:
(1) all law enforcement agencies that have jurisdiction in the
location where the missing endangered adult or missing veteran
at risk lives and all law enforcement agencies that have
jurisdiction in the location where the missing endangered adult or
missing veteran at risk was last seen;
(2) all law enforcement agencies to which the person who made
the notification concerning the missing endangered adult or
missing veteran at risk requests the report be sent, if the law
enforcement agency determines that the request is reasonable in
light of the information received;
(3) all law enforcement agencies that request a copy of the report;
(4) one (1) or more broadcasters that broadcast in an area where
the missing endangered adult or missing veteran at risk may be
located;
(5) the Indiana data and communication system (IDACS);
(6) the National Crime Information Center's Missing Person File,
if appropriate; and
(7) the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children,
missing veterans at risk, and missing endangered adults,
established by IC 10-13-5-5, to disseminate information
concerning the:
(A) missing endangered adult to be broadcast as part of the
silver alert program; or
(B) missing veteran at risk to be broadcast as part of the green
alert program.
(b) Upon completion of the report described by section 1 of this
chapter, a law enforcement agency may forward a copy of the contents
of the report to one (1) or more newspapers distributed in an area
where the missing endangered adult or missing veteran at risk may be
located.
(c) After forwarding the contents of the report to a broadcaster or
newspaper under this section, the law enforcement agency may request
that the broadcaster or newspaper:
(1) notify the public that there is an endangered adult medical
alert or a missing veteran at risk alert; and
(2) broadcast or publish:
(A) a description of the missing endangered adult or missing
veteran at risk; and
(B) any other relevant information that would assist in locating
the missing endangered adult or missing veteran at risk.
(d) A broadcaster or newspaper that receives a request concerning
a missing endangered adult or missing veteran at risk under subsection
(c) may, at the discretion of the broadcaster or newspaper:
(1) notify the public that there is an endangered adult medical
alert or a missing veteran at risk alert; and
(2) broadcast or publish:
(A) a description of the missing endangered adult or missing
veteran at risk; and
(B) any other relevant information that would assist in locating
the missing endangered adult or missing veteran at risk.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.140-2005, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.43-2009, SEC.12; P.L.40-2024, SEC.17.