143B-1000. Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Public Safety. (a) There is established, within the Department of Public Safety, the Division of Emergency Management, which shall be organized and staffed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and within the limits of authorized appropriations. (b) The Division of Emergency Management shall have the […]
143B-1010. North Carolina Center for Missing Persons established. There is established within the Department of Public Safety the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons, which shall be organized and staffed in accordance with applicable laws. The purpose of the Center is to serve as a central repository for information regarding missing persons and missing children, […]
143B-1011. Definitions. For the purpose of this Part: (1) Missing child. – A juvenile as defined in G.S. 7B-101 whose location has not been determined, who has been reported as missing to a law-enforcement agency, and whose parent’s, spouse’s, guardian’s or legal custodian’s temporary or permanent residence is in North Carolina or is believed to […]
143B-1012. Control of the Center. The Center is under the direction of the Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and may be organized and structured in a manner as the Secretary deems appropriate to ensure that the objectives of the Center are achieved. The Secretary may employ those Center personnel as the General Assembly […]
143B-1013. Secretary to adopt rules. The Secretary shall adopt rules prescribing all of the following: (1) Procedures for accepting and disseminating information maintained at the Center. (2) The confidentiality of the data and information, including the missing person report, maintained by the Center. (3) The proper disposition of all obsolete data, including the missing person […]
143B-1014. Submission of missing person reports to the Center. Any parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, or person responsible for the supervision of the missing individual may submit a missing person report to the Center of any missing child or missing person, regardless of the circumstances, after having first submitted a missing person report on the […]
143B-1015. Dissemination of missing persons data by law-enforcement agencies. (a) A law-enforcement agency, upon receipt of a missing person report by a parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, or person responsible for the supervision of the missing individual shall immediately make arrangements for the entry of data about the missing person or missing child into the […]
143B-1016. Responsibilities of Center. The Center shall do all of the following: (1) Assist local law-enforcement agencies with entering data about missing persons or missing children into the national missing persons file, ensure that proper entry criteria have been met as set forth by the FBI/NCIC, and confirm entry of the data about the missing […]
143B-1017. Duty of individuals to notify Center and law-enforcement agency when missing person has been located. Any parent, spouse, guardian, legal custodian, or person responsible for the supervision of the missing individual who submits a missing person report to a law-enforcement agency or to the Center, shall immediately notify the law-enforcement agency and the Center […]
143B-1018. Release of information by Center. The following may make inquiries of, and receive data or information from, the Center: (1) Any police, law-enforcement, or criminal justice agency investigating a report of a missing or unidentified person or child, whether living or deceased. (2) A court, upon a finding by the court that access to […]
143B-1019. Provision of toll-free service; instructions to callers; communication with law-enforcement agencies. The Center shall provide a toll-free telephone line for anyone to report the disappearance of any individual or the sighting of any missing child or missing person. The Center personnel shall instruct the caller, in the case of a report concerning the disappearance […]
143B-1020. Improper release of information; penalty. Any person working under the supervision of the Director of Victims and Justice Services who knowingly and willfully releases, or authorizes the release of, any data, information, or records maintained or possessed by the Center to any agency, entity, or person other than as specifically permitted by Subpart B […]
143B-1021. North Carolina AMBER Alert System established. (a) There is established within the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons the AMBER Alert System. The purpose of AMBER Alert is to provide a statewide system for the rapid dissemination of information regarding abducted children. (b) The AMBER Alert System shall make every effort to disseminate information […]
143B-1022. North Carolina Silver Alert System established. (a) There is established within the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons the Silver Alert System. The purpose of the Silver Alert System is to provide a statewide system for the rapid dissemination of information regarding a missing person or missing child who is believed to be suffering […]
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 […]
143B-1030. Civil Air Patrol Section – powers and duties. (a) There is hereby established, within the Department of Public Safety the Civil Air Patrol Section, which shall be organized and staffed in accordance with this Subpart and within the limits of authorized appropriations. (b) The Civil Air Patrol Section shall: (1) Receive and supervise the […]
143B-1031. Personnel and benefits. (a) The Wing Commander of the North Carolina Wing-Civil Air Patrol shall certify to the Secretary or his designee those members who are in good standing as members eligible for benefits. The Wing Commander shall provide the Secretary with two copies of the certification. The Secretary shall acknowledge receipt of, sign, […]
143B-1032. State liability. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the members of the North Carolina Wing-Civil Air Patrol shall serve without compensation and shall not be entitled to the benefits of the retirement system for teachers and State employees as set forth in Chapter 135 of the General Statutes. The provisions of Article 31 of Chapter 143 […]
143B-1040. Office of Recovery and Resiliency. (a) The Office of Recovery and Resiliency (Office) is created in the Department of Public Safety. The Office shall execute multi-year recovery and resiliency projects and administer funds provided by the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program for Hurricanes Florence and Matthew. The Office will provide general disaster […]
143B-1041. Interagency coordination. (a) The Office shall establish an intergovernmental working group composed of representatives from the Department of Environmental Quality and other relevant State agencies, local governments, and other stakeholders to identify legislative, economic, jurisdictional, and other challenges related to stream management and flooding reduction. Beginning January 1, 2022, and biannually thereafter, the Office […]
