143B-1023. North Carolina Blue Alert System established.
(a) There is established within the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons the Blue Alert System. The purpose of the Blue Alert System is to aid in the apprehension of a suspect who kills or inflicts serious bodily injury on a law enforcement officer by providing a statewide system for the rapid dissemination of information regarding the suspect. The term "serious bodily injury" is as defined in G.S. 14-32.4(a).
(b) The Center shall make every effort to rapidly disseminate information on a suspect when the following criteria are met:
(1) A law enforcement officer is killed or suffers serious bodily injury.
(2) A law enforcement agency with jurisdiction (i) determines that the suspect poses a threat to the public and other law enforcement personnel and (ii) possesses information that may assist in locating the suspect, including information regarding the suspect's vehicle, complete or partial license plate information, and a detailed description of the suspect, or that a law enforcement officer is missing while on duty under circumstances warranting concern for the law enforcement officer's safety.
(3) The head of a law enforcement agency with jurisdiction recommends the issuance of a blue alert to the Center.
(c) The Center shall adopt guidelines and develop procedures for the statewide implementation of the Blue Alert System and shall provide education and training to encourage radio and television broadcasters to participate in the alert.
(d) The Center shall consult with the Department of Transportation and develop a procedure for the use of overhead permanent changeable message signs to provide information on a suspect when the criteria established in subsection (b) of this section are met. The Center and the Department of Transportation shall develop guidelines for the content, length, and frequency of any message to be placed on the overhead permanent changeable message sign pursuant to the issuance of a blue alert.
(e) The Center shall consult with the Division of Emergency Management in the Department of Public Safety to develop a procedure for the use of the Blue Alert System to provide information on a suspect when the criteria established in subsection (b) of this section are met. (2016-87, s. 1.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973
Article 13 - Department of Public Safety.
§ 143B-601 - Powers and duties of the Department of Public Safety[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 143B-602 - Powers and duties of the Secretary of Public Safety.
§ 143B-602.1 - Annual report on trooper training reimbursement agreements.
§ 143B-602.2 - Annual report on grant funds received or preapproved for receipt.
§ 143B-603.1 - Continuously Operating Reference Station Fund.
§ 143B-604 - State Reentry Council Collaborative[Recodified effective January 1, 2023 see note]
§ 143B-707 - Reports to the General Assembly[Recodified effective January 1, 2023 see note]
§ 143B-707.4 - Annual report on safekeepers[Recodified effective January 1, 2023 see note]
§ 143B-707.5 - Medicaid services for inmates[Recodified effective January 1, 2023 see note]
§ 143B-708 - Community service program[Recodified effective January 1, 2023 see note]
§ 143B-709 - Security Staffing[Recodified effective January 1, 2023 see note]
§ 143B-721.1 - Parole eligibility reports[Recodified effective January 1, 2023 see note]
§ 143B-805 - Definitions[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 143B-807 - Authority to contract with other entities.
§ 143B-808 - Authority to assist private nonprofit foundations.
§ 143B-809 - Teen court programs[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 143B-810 - Youth Development Center annual report.
§ 143B-811 - Annual evaluation of intensive intervention services.
§ 143B-812 - Annual report on complaints against certain juveniles[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 143B-815 - Juvenile facilities[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 143B-817 - Compensation to juveniles in care[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 143B-818 - Visits and community activities[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 143B-819 - Regional detention services[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 143B-820 - State subsidy to county detention facilities[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 143B-821 - Authority for implementation[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 143B-822 - Juvenile facility monthly commitment report.
§ 143B-830 - Duties and powers of chief court counselors[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 143B-831 - Duties and powers of juvenile court counselors.
§ 143B-845 - Legislative intent.
§ 143B-846 - Creation; method of appointment; membership; chair and vice-chair.
§ 143B-847 - Terms of appointment.
§ 143B-848 - Vacancies; removal.
§ 143B-849 - Meetings; quorum.
§ 143B-850 - Compensation of members.
§ 143B-851 - Powers and duties[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 143B-852 - Department of Public Safety to report on Juvenile Crime Prevention Council grants.
§ 143B-853 - Funding for programs[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 143B-900 - Recodified as G.S143B-911 by Session Laws 2014-100, s17.1(i), effective July 1, 2014.
§ 143B-903 - Collection of traffic law enforcement statistics.
§ 143B-904 - Collection of statistics on the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers.
§ 143B-905 - Criminal Information Network.
§ 143B-906 - Criminal statistics.
§ 143B-907 - Public law enforcement database regulation.
§ 143B-911 - Creation of State Capitol Police Division; powers and duties.
§ 143B-915 - Bureau of Investigation created; powers and duties.
§ 143B-918 - Transfer of personnel.
§ 143B-921 - Use of private investigators limited.
§ 143B-922 - Investigations of child sexual abuse in child care.
§ 143B-923 - Cooperation of local enforcement officers.
§ 143B-925 - Study and report on use of pseudoephedrine products to make methamphetamine.
§ 143B-927 - Personnel of the State Bureau of Investigation.
§ 143B-929 - Operation and management of Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
§ 143B-930 - Criminal history background investigations; fees.
§ 143B-931 - Criminal record checks of school personnel.
§ 143B-933 - Criminal record checks for foster care.
§ 143B-934 - Criminal record checks of child care providers.
§ 143B-938 - Criminal record checks of McGruff House Program volunteers.
§ 143B-942 - Criminal record checks of applicants for licensure as massage and bodywork therapists.
§ 143B-945 - Criminal record checks for municipalities and county governments.
§ 143B-946 - Criminal record checks of applicants for locksmith licensure or apprentice designation.
§ 143B-949 - Criminal record checks of applicants for licensure and licensees.
§ 143B-950 - Criminal record checks for the Judicial Department.
§ 143B-951 - Criminal record checks for the Department of Information Technology.
§ 143B-952 - Criminal record checks of EMS personnel.
§ 143B-953 - Criminal record checks of applicants for licensure as chiropractic physicians.
§ 143B-959 - Criminal record checks of petitioners for restoration of firearms rights.
§ 143B-965 - Criminal record checks of applicants and recipients of programs of public assistance.
§ 143B-966 - Criminal record checks for the Office of State Controller.
§ 143B-967 - Criminal record checks for the Department of Revenue.
§ 143B-968 - Criminal record checks for the Office of State Human Resources.
§ 143B-970 - Criminal record checks for employees of county boards of elections.
§ 143B-972 - National criminal record checks for child care institutions.
§ 143B-973 - Criminal record checks for the Legislative Services Commission.
§ 143B-974 - Criminal record checks for sheriffs.
§ 143B-976 - (Effective July 1, 2023) Criminal record check for platform licensees.
§ 143B-981 - The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact.
§ 143B-986 - Authority to provide protection to certain public officials.
§ 143B-987 - Authority to designate areas for protection of public officials.
§ 143B-990 - Creation of Alcohol Law Enforcement Division of the Department of Public Safety.
§ 143B-1000 - Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety.
§ 143B-1010 - North Carolina Center for Missing Persons established.
§ 143B-1012 - Control of the Center.
§ 143B-1013 - Secretary to adopt rules.
§ 143B-1014 - Submission of missing person reports to the Center.
§ 143B-1015 - Dissemination of missing persons data by law-enforcement agencies.
§ 143B-1016 - Responsibilities of Center.
§ 143B-1018 - Release of information by Center.
§ 143B-1020 - Improper release of information; penalty.
§ 143B-1021 - North Carolina AMBER Alert System established.
§ 143B-1022 - North Carolina Silver Alert System established.
§ 143B-1023 - North Carolina Blue Alert System established.
§ 143B-1030 - Civil Air Patrol Section - powers and duties.
§ 143B-1031 - Personnel and benefits.
§ 143B-1032 - State liability.
§ 143B-1040 - Office of Recovery and Resiliency.
§ 143B-1041 - Interagency coordination.
§ 143B-1101 - Governor's Crime Commission powers and duties.
§ 143B-1103 - Additional duties of the Grants Management Section.
§ 143B-1104 - Recodified as G.S143B-853 by Session Laws 2020-83, s5, effective July 1, 2020.
§ 143B-1105 - Grants reporting.
§ 143B-1150 - Short title[Recodified effective January 1, 2023 see note]
§ 143B-1151 - Legislative policy[Recodified effective January 1, 2023 see note]
§ 143B-1152 - Definitions[Recodified effective January 1, 2023 see note]
§ 143B-1154 - Eligible population[Recodified effective January 1, 2023 see note]
§ 143B-1156 - Contract for services[Recodified effective January 1, 2023 see note]
§ 143B-1161 - Justice Reinvestment Council[Recodified effective January 1, 2023 see note]
§ 143B-1200 - Assistance Program for Victims of Rape and Sex Offenses.
§ 143B-1201 - Restitution; actions.
§ 143B-1203 - Transfer; definitions.
§ 143B-1205 - Compensation and expenses of Board members; travel reimbursements.