Citations Affected: IC 5-2.
Synopsis: Report of missing persons to national data base. Provides
that a law enforcement agency that receives a report of a missing
person may notify and request assistance from the state police
department. Requires a law enforcement agency that receives a report
of a missing person to enter information that relates to the missing
person into the National Crime Information Center's data base not later
than two hours after the report of the missing person is received.
Permits a law enforcement agency that receives a report of a missing
person to notify law enforcement agencies in another state if the state
police department believes that the notification will assist in locating
the missing person. Makes other changes.
Effective: July 1, 2009.
January 8, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public
Safety.
January 26, 2009, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
January 29, 2009, read second time, ordered engrossed. Engrossed.
February 3, 2009, read third time, passed. Yeas 96, nays 0.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
public safety.
high risk missing person into:
(A) the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) data base
not more than two (2) hours after the information is received;
and
(B) any other appropriate data base not more than one (1) day
after the information is received.
(2) Ensure that a person who enters data relating to medical or
dental records in a data base has the appropriate training to
understand and correctly enter the information. The law
enforcement agency that receives a report of a high risk missing
person may consult with a coroner, a pathologist, or another
medical professional to ensure the accuracy of the medical or
dental information.
(d) A law enforcement agency that receives a report of a high risk
missing person under this section shall immediately:
(1) instruct the agency's officers to be alert for the missing person,
and a person who may have abducted the missing person, if
applicable; and
(2) enter all collected information related to the missing person
case into appropriate state or federal data bases.