Chapter 8 - SILVER ALERT SYSTEM

Section 10-801

Section 10-801

  §  10-801  Definitions.  a. "Administering agency" shall mean any city
agency,  office,  department,  division,  bureau   or   institution   of
government,  the expenses of which are paid in whole or in part from the
city treasury, as the mayor shall designate.
  b. "Silver alert" shall mean the communication to the public by a city
agency of identifying information concerning a vulnerable senior who  is
reported  missing  to  a  law  enforcement  agency  under  circumstances
indicating that the person is in imminent danger of serious bodily  harm
or death.
  c.  "Vulnerable senior" shall mean a person who is sixty-five years of
age or older with dementia, as a result  of  Alzheimer's  disease  or  a
similar condition.

Section 10-802

Section 10-802

  § 10-802 Silver alert system. The administering agency shall establish
a silver alert system, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter of the
code,  that  will  provide  rapid  notification  to  the  public  when a
vulnerable senior is reported  missing  under  circumstances  indicating
that the person is in imminent danger of serious bodily harm or death.

Section 10-803

Section 10-803

  §  10-803  Procedures.  a.  The  administering  agency shall develop a
protocol for notification to organizations such as media  organizations,
senior service providers, medical facilities and community organizations
when a silver alert is issued.
  b.  The administering agency shall, as appropriate, consult with other
city agencies, including, but not limited to, the police department, the
fire department, the office of emergency management, the human resources
administration, the department for the aging, the department  of  health
and  mental hygiene and the department of transportation, to collect and
disseminate information regarding the person for whom the  silver  alert
was issued.
  c.  The  administering  agency  shall  issue  a  silver  alert  within
twenty-four hours of the determination that a vulnerable senior has been
reported missing under circumstances indicating that the  person  is  in
imminent danger of serious bodily harm or death. The silver alert may be
issued  by  any  appropriate means, including, but not limited to, email
notifications, text messages, telephone calls, television broadcasts  or
radio  broadcasts.  The silver alert may be issued at repeated intervals
within the discretion of the administering  agency  until  such  missing
person  is  found  or until the administering agency determines that the
issuance of a silver alert is no longer appropriate.
  d. The information about the person for  whom  the  silver  alert  was
issued, if available and capable of transmission, shall include, but not
be  limited  to:  (1)  the  person's  name;  (2) the person's age; (3) a
physical description of the person; (4) the last  known  location  where
the  person  was  seen, which shall not include the exact address of the
person's home; (5)  a  recent  photograph  of  the  person;  and  (6)  a
description  of  any  motor  vehicle  the  person may have been driving,
provided that the administering agency may refrain from  disclosing  any
such information if disclosure is inappropriate under the circumstances.
  e.  The  administering agency may use its discretion to issue a silver
alert for a person under the age of 65 who  is  reported  missing  under
circumstances  indicating  that  the  person  is  in  imminent danger of
serious bodily harm or death, where such missing person has dementia, as
a result of Alzheimer's disease or a similar condition.