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Texas Silver Alert Program How Prepared Are You?

Texas Silver Alert Program How Prepared Are You?. SAM ALLEN AMBER Alert Program Coordinator Texas Division of Emergency Management Texas Department of Public Safety (512) 424-2208 sam.allen@dps.texas.gov. TEXAS MISSING NCIC DATA. National Crime Information Center (NCIC)

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Texas Silver Alert Program How Prepared Are You?

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  1. Texas Silver Alert Program How Prepared Are You?

  2. SAM ALLEN AMBER Alert Program Coordinator Texas Division of Emergency Management Texas Department of Public Safety (512) 424-2208 sam.allen@dps.texas.gov

  3. TEXAS MISSING NCIC DATA National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Missing Entries for 1 Year (2011), in Texas: 972 = >65 yrs.

  4. ARE YOU PREPARED? WILL ALL MISSING OLDER TEXANS QUALIFY FOR A SILVER ALERT? IF NOT, WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW?

  5. SILVER ALERT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED SEPTEMBER 2007 In response to legislation enacted September 1, 2007, the Texas Department of Public Safety implemented the Silver Alert Network, designed to advise the public of missing senior citizens with documented mental conditions.

  6. WWW.TXDPS.STATE.TX.US

  7. MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION SILVER ALERT STATE NETWORK On physician’s letterhead, indicating the impaired mental condition, date of diagnosis, patient’s name, with physician’s signature.

  8. MEDICAL RELEASE LAW ENFORCEMENT Texas Code of Criminal Procedures Art. 63.007. Release of Medical Records

  9. REQUEST PROCESSSILVER ALERT Requesting Law Enforcement Agency Texas Department of Public Safety Texas Division of Emergency Management, State Operations Center

  10. LOCAL MEDIATV & RADIO • Public Attention • Large Coverage Areas • Mobile Communication (Radio) • Voluntary Participation

  11. INDEPENDENT BANKERSASSOCIATION OF TEXAS

  12. TLETS NOTIFICATION LAW ENFORCEMENT

  13. TXDOT PUBLIC ADVISORIES DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS (DMS)

  14. TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION

  15. DPS DISTRIBUTION VENDOR/MEDIA EMAIL DATABASE

  16. ACTIVATION AREA Silver Alerts • Activation area is based upon investigative information and could change during the alert. • Activation is not always “statewide”. 30 200

  17. STEERING COMMITTEESTATE NETWORK • Office of the Governor • Sheriff’s and Police Chief’s Associations • County Judges and Commissioners Association • Association Regional Councils (COG’s) • Alzheimer’s Association (Texas Chapter) • DPS, TXDOT, Dept of Aging and Disability Services and Department of State Health Services

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