Ebony Alert Criteria
In order for an Ebony Alert to be activated, a law
enforcement agency may consider that the following criteria have been met.
(Government Code section 8594.14):
1. The missing person is between
12 to 25 years of age, inclusive.
2. The investigating law
enforcement agency has used all available local resources and at least one of
the following conditions are met.
(A) The law
enforcement agency determines that the person has gone missing under
unexplained circumstances or suspicious circumstances,
including circumstances that indicate any of the following:
(i) The missing person’s physical safety may
be endangered.
(ii) The missing person may be subject to
trafficking.
(B) The law enforcement agency believes that the person is in
danger because of age, health, mental or physical disability, environment or
weather conditions, that the person is in the company of a potentially
dangerous person, or that there are other factors indicating that the person
may be in peril.
3. Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
paragraph (2) shall be broadly construed in order to effectuate the legislative
intent of this section.
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