Section 8580 - DefinitionsThe following words, terms, and phrases when used in this subchapter have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) "ACIM Alert Program" or "ACIM" means "A Child is Missing Alert Program". The ACIM Alert Program is a national rapid-response communication network that offers free assistance to law-enforcement agencies to aid in the recovery, identity, or apprehension of missing persons through the use of immediate public notification and dissemination of information via telephone in a targeted community.(2) "Gold Alert Program" or "Program" means the procedures used to aid in the identification and location of a missing person as defined under paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7) of this section. Gold Alerts may be local, regional, or statewide. The initial decision to issue a local Gold Alert is at the discretion of the investigating law-enforcement agency.(3) "Investigating law-enforcement agency" means the law-enforcement agency which has primary jurisdiction in the area in which a missing person complaint has been filed. (4) "Missing person with a disability" means a person who is all of the following:a. Whose whereabouts are unknown.b. Whose domicile at the time that the person is reported missing is Delaware.d. Whose disappearance poses a credible threat to the health or safety of the person, as determined by the investigating law enforcement agency.(5) "Missing senior citizen" means a person who is all of the following:a. Whose whereabouts are unknown.b. Whose domicile at the time that the person is reported is missing is Delaware.c. Whose age at the time that the person is first reported missing is 60 years of age or older.d. Whose disappearance poses a credible threat to the health or safety of the person, as determined by the investigating law enforcement agency.(6) "Missing suicidal person" means a person who is all of the following:a. Whose whereabouts are unknown.b. Whose domicile at the time that the person is reported missing is Delaware.c. Whose disappearance is voluntary.d. Whose statement, actions, or conduct indicate that the missing person may voluntarily cause or inflict harm on themselves, and whose disappearance poses a credible threat to the health or safety of the person, as determined by the investigating law enforcement agency.(7) "Missing child" means a person who is all of the following:a. Whose whereabouts are unknown.b. Whose domicile at the time that the person is reported missing is Delaware.c. Who is a minor who has not married, and who resides with a parent or other legal guardian.d. Whose disappearance does not meet the criteria for an Amber Alert but does pose a credible threat to the health and safety of the person, as determined by the investigating law-enforcement agency.Amended by Laws 2023 , ch. 196, s 1, eff. 8/31/2023. 76 Del. Laws, c. 379, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;