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Title 37 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONSPart 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYChapter 9 - PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS
Subchapter D - SILVER ALERT NETWORK
Section 9.32 - Local Law Enforcement Responsibility

37 Tex. Admin. Code § 9.32

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Current through Reg. 49, No. 45; November 8, 2024
Section 9.32 - Local Law Enforcement Responsibility

A local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the investigation of a missing person may submit a request for activation of the Silver Alert Network. The request must be submitted using the appropriate Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) form, available on the DPS website. A local law enforcement agency may submit the form after it has verified that all statutory criteria for activation are clearly established by the specific facts of the case. Local law enforcement shall provide documentation of a diagnosed impaired mental condition with the request for activation.

37 Tex. Admin. Code § 9.32

The provisions of this §9.32 adopted to be effective October 28, 2007, 32 TexReg 7490; amended to be effective August 10, 2008, 33 TexReg 6150; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 42, October 16, 2015, TexReg 7245, eff. 10/21/2015; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 07, February 16, 2018, TexReg 892, eff. 2/20/2018; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 50, December 11, 2020, TexReg 8868, eff. 12/14/2020