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11 Del. C. § 8587: Termination of a Blue Alert.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 11. Crimes and Criminal Procedure
- Law-Enforcement Administration
- CHAPTER 85. State Bureau of Identification
- Subchapter VIII. Blue Alert Program for Apprehension of Persons Suspected of Killing or Injuring Law-Enforcement Officers
(a) The investigating law-enforcement agency shall terminate the Blue Alert with respect to a particular suspect when the suspect is located or the incident is otherwise resolved, or when the investigating law-enforcement agency determines that the Blue Alert system is no longer an effective tool for locating and apprehending the suspect.
(b) The investigating law-enforcement agency shall notify other law-enforcement agencies, Delaware Criminal Justice Information System, National Crime Information Center, the Delaware Information Analysis Center, and other appropriate participants in the Blue Alert system, when a Blue Alert for a particular suspect has been terminated. The investigating law-enforcement agency shall also notify the designated media outlets when a Blue Alert for a particular suspect has been terminated.
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