§50501 Definitions

Summary

Defines key words used for the Blue Alert program. Coordinator — the Blue Alert Coordinator at the Department of Justice; Blue Alert — an alert about a law enforcement officer who was seriously injured or killed on duty, is missing in connection with duty, or faces an imminent, credible threat of serious injury or death; Blue Alert plan — how a State, local, or Federal agency shares Blue Alert information; law enforcement officer — as defined in section 10284; network — the Blue Alert communications network set up by the Attorney General; State — the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.