Sec. 6. (a) The superintendent shall designate staff responsible for the operation of the clearinghouse.
(b) The staff's duties include the following:
(1) Creation and operation of an intrastate network of communication designed for the speedy collection and processing of information concerning missing children and missing endangered adults.
(2) Creation and operation of a central data storage, retrieval, and information distribution system designed for the exchange of information on missing children and missing endangered adults within and outside Indiana. The system must be capable of interacting with:
(A) the Indiana data and communication system under IC 10-13-3-35; and
(B) the National Crime Information Center.
(3) Development of appropriate forms for the reporting of missing children and missing endangered adults that may be used by law enforcement agencies and private citizens to provide useful information about a missing child or a missing endangered adult to the clearinghouse.
(4) Cooperation with the following agencies concerning the location of missing children and missing endangered adults:
(A) State and local public and private nonprofit agencies involved with the location and recovery of missing persons.
(B) Agencies of the federal government.
(C) State and local law enforcement agencies within and outside Indiana.
(5) Coordinating efforts to locate missing children and missing endangered adults with the agencies listed in subdivision (4).
(6) Operation of the toll free telephone line created under section 7(a) of this chapter.
(7) Publishing and updating, on a quarterly basis, a directory of missing children and missing endangered adults.
(8) Compiling statistics on missing children and missing endangered adult cases handled by the clearinghouse, including the number of cases resolved each year.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-1-7-4.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.43-2009, SEC.6.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 13. State Police Data and Information Programs
Chapter 5. Indiana Clearinghouse for Information on Missing Children and Missing Endangered Adults
10-13-5-1. "Amber Alert Program"
10-13-5-4.3. "Missing Endangered Adult"
10-13-5-4.4. "Missing Endangered Child"
10-13-5-4.6. "Silver Alert Program"
10-13-5-5. Establishment of Clearinghouse
10-13-5-6. Duties of Clearinghouse Staff
10-13-5-7. Powers and Duties of Clearinghouse; Confidentiality of Information Collected
10-13-5-8.5. Civil Immunity for Amber Alert and Silver Alert Participants
10-13-5-9. Notification of Law Enforcement Agency of Located Child
10-13-5-10. Notification of Clearinghouse of Located Child
10-13-5-11. Attaching Notice to Birth Certificate of Child Reported Missing