Idaho Bills

Adds to existing law to establish endangered missing person alerts and to provide criteria for activation of an alert.

The Endangered and Missing Person Alert (EMPA) is designed to locate any endangered or missing person regardlessofage. EMPAwillcreateaunifiedapproachbyIdahoLawEnforcementonhowtohandlethesetypes ofcasesandsetalertstandardsandcriteriaforutilizingthestateandnationalnotificationsystems. Implementing this EMPA system will allow Idaho to communicate with all the surrounding states who currently utilize this system to further expand and enhance the ability to notify the public about missing persons events. A unified EMPAwillalsolimitthenumberofalertstominimizeconfusionforthepublicandsimplifythealertingprocess for Law Enforcement. The EMPA creates a statutory authority for the State Communications Center, Idaho Transportation Department, Idaho State Lottery and other dissemination partners to create procedures with standardized requirements to alert the public to missing children, adolescents and adults.