34 U.S.C. § 50501: Definitions

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Defines key words used for the Blue Alert program. Coordinator is the DOJ Blue Alert Coordinator designated under section 50503(a). Blue Alert is information about one of three things: an officer seriously injured or killed on duty; an officer missing while on duty; or an imminent, credible threat to seriously injure or kill an officer. Blue Alert plan is a State, local, or Federal plan for sharing Blue Alert information through the Network. Law enforcement officer has the same meaning as in section 10284 of this title. Network is the Blue Alert communications network established by the Attorney General under section 50502 of this title. State means 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.

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(1)Coordinator (2) Blue Alert

The term “Coordinator” means the Blue Alert Coordinator of the Department of Justice designated under section 50503(a) of this title.

(3)Blue Alert plan

The term “Blue Alert plan” means the plan of a State, unit of local government, or Federal agency participating in the network for the dissemination of information received as a Blue Alert.

(4)Law enforcement officer

The term “law enforcement officer” shall have the same meaning as in section 10284 of this title.

(5)Network

The term “network” means the Blue Alert communications network established by the Attorney General under section 50502 of this title.

(6)State

The term “State” means each of 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.

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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 14165 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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of Pub. L. 114–12, which is classified to this chapter, as the “Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015”, see section 1 of Pub. L. 114–12, set out as a

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of 2015 Act note under section 10101 of this title.

§50501 Definitions

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