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Maine Revised Statutes Title 25. Internal Security and Public Safety § 2201. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1. Department. “Department” means the Department of Public Safety.

2. Deleted. Laws 2021, c. 62, § 1, eff. Oct. 18, 2021.

3. Media. “Media” means print, radio, Internet-based communication systems or other methods of communicating information to the public.

3-A. Missing endangered person. “Missing endangered person” means a person who is believed to be in danger because of the person's age, mental or physical health or intellectual or developmental disability, because of environmental or weather conditions or because the person is missing in dangerous, unexplained, involuntary or suspicious circumstances as determined by a local law enforcement agency.

4. Silver Alert. “Silver Alert” means a notice provided under this chapter to the public through law enforcement agencies and the media.

5. Silver Alert Program. “Silver Alert Program” means the statewide alert program for missing endangered persons developed and implemented under this chapter.

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