Ohio has joined a growing list of states with a Silver Alert system.
Ohio implements Amber Alert for missing adults
By Emanuel Cavallaro
Staff Writer
Saturday, June 21, 2008
A recent revision to an Ohio Senate bill has authorized an alert program meant to aid missing adults in the same way the Amber Alert has aided the recovery of abducted [...]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.) introduced legislation that would establish a national grant program to help U.S. states and territories establish Silver Alert notification systems to locate missing individuals suffering from dementia-related illnesses.
The Silver Alert Grant Program Act of 2008 would establish a grant program within the Department of Justice to allow states with [...]
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Posted in Main, Missing Adult Legislation, tagged Alzheimer’s, Clif Moore, D-McDowell, Illinois, North Carolina, Silver Alerts, texas, W.V. on February 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Reading this article might make you think, if it is such a no-brainer, why haven’t Silver Alerts been implemented in every state and what took so long?
Amber Alert for seniors — Silver Alert proposal a no-brainer for WV
If West Virginia can implement a system to help quickly locate Alzheimer’s patients or others suffering from mental [...]
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In this article, Strict Requirements Disqualify Elderly from Silver Alert, the missing woman did not meet the age requirement. There was this quote from Texas State Representative Joe Pickett.
“Somebody in law enforcement that deals with these missing person divisions should be able to declare to the department of public safety that they feel it’s unusual [...]
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North Carolina is one of several states to initiate a Silver Alert system. The system was recently activated to find a missing elderly woman.
State officials, working with the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons, launched the Silver Alert system late last year as a companion to Amber Alerts. Where Amber Alerts broadcast information about missing [...]
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