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Ohio Revised Code Title LV. Roads Highways Bridges § 5502.54

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(A) “Law enforcement agency” means an organization or unit made up of law enforcement officers as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code.

(B)(1) The escaped convict alert program is created to aid in the identification and location of any person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony offense or was indicted or otherwise charged with the commission of a felony offense who has escaped from a jail, workhouse, or correctional institution while incarcerated for or awaiting adjudication of that felony offense.  For purposes of this section, a jail, workhouse, or correctional institution does not include a community-based correctional facility or halfway house.

(2) A law enforcement agency that receives a notice pursuant to section 341.011, 753.19, or 5120.14 of the Revised Code regarding a person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony offense or was indicted or otherwise charged with the commission of a felony offense may activate the escaped convict alert program for the surrounding area or region of the jail, workhouse, or correctional institution from which the person has escaped.

(C) Nothing in division (B) of this section prevents the activation of a local or regional alert program that may impose different criteria for the activation of a local or regional alert.

(D) Any radio broadcast station, television broadcast station, or cable system participating in the escaped convict alert program or in any local or regional alert program, and any director, officer, employee, or agent of any station or system participating in either type of alert program, shall not be liable to any person for damages for any loss allegedly caused by or resulting from the station's or system's broadcast or cablecast of, or failure to broadcast or cablecast, any information pursuant to the escaped convict alert program or the local or regional alert program.

(E) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the use of the federal emergency alert system unless otherwise authorized by federal law.

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