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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1990.5: Activation of silver alert procedure - Procedure

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  2. Title 63

A. A silver alert shall be activated if a local law enforcement

agency:

1. Receives notice of a missing senior citizen;

2. Verifies that at the time the senior citizen is reported

missing:

a. the person reported missing is sixty (60) years of age

or older,

b. the location of the senior citizen is unknown, or

c. the senior citizen has dementia or other cognitive

impairment;

3. Determines that the disappearance of the senior citizen

poses a credible threat to the health and safety of the senior

citizen; and

4. Determines that information which may assist in the safe

recovery of the missing senior citizen is available.

B. The local law enforcement agency shall:

1. Require the family or legal guardian of the missing senior

citizen to provide documentation of the impaired mental condition of

the senior citizen;

2. Determine identifying information about the missing senior

citizen and any other information which might be useful to the

general public in the safe recovery of the missing senior citizen;

and

3. Report the individual through the national crime information

center immediately upon the issuance of a silver alert.

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