34 U.S.C. § 50501 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 34. Crime Control and Law Enforcement § 50501. Definitions

(1)Coordinator

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

(2)Blue Alert

The term “Blue Alert” means information sent through the network relating to--

(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.