2021 US Code
Title 34 - Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subtitle V - Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Personnel
Chapter 505 - National Blue Alert
Sec. 50501 - Definitions
| 34 U.S.C. § 50501 (2021) |
| §50501. Definitions |
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In this chapter: (1) CoordinatorThe term "Coordinator" means the Blue Alert Coordinator of the Department of Justice designated under section 50503(a) of this title. The term "Blue Alert" means information sent through the network relating to— (A) the serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer in the line of duty; (B) an officer who is missing in connection with the officer's official duties; or (C) an imminent and credible threat that an individual intends to cause the serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer. 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. The term "law enforcement officer" shall have the same meaning as in section 10284 of this title. The term "network" means the Blue Alert communications network established by the Attorney General under section 50502 of this title. 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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(Pub. L. 114–12, §2, May 19, 2015, 129 Stat. 192.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
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. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT |
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| Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT Subtitle V - Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Personnel CHAPTER 505 - NATIONAL BLUE ALERT Sec. 50501 - Definitions |
| section 50501 |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
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| 129 Stat. 192 |
| Public Law 114-12 |
