Bill Text: IL SR0091 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges county authorities throughout the State to utilize the Silver Search program more frequently.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-06 - Resolution Adopted [SR0091 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0091-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, On January 1, 2016, Silver Search legislation was | ||||||
3 | passed by the Illinois General
Assembly; and
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4 | WHEREAS, The Silver Search Task Force was created to bring | ||||||
5 | agencies and organizations
together with the common goal of | ||||||
6 | creating a Silver Search program and toolkit to assist in
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7 | missing person cases involving those with Alzheimer's or | ||||||
8 | dementia; and
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9 | WHEREAS, The Silver Search program brings to light the | ||||||
10 | increasing incidence of
people with Alzheimer's or dementia | ||||||
11 | that get lost and the ways in which the public can help law
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12 | enforcement return them home safely; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Silver Search utilizes an Endangered Missing | ||||||
14 | Person Advisory when a person with
Alzheimer's or dementia | ||||||
15 | goes missing; the purpose of the advisory is to get as many | ||||||
16 | eyes
looking for a missing person as possible; emails, faxes, | ||||||
17 | radio and television broadcasts, text messages, and law | ||||||
18 | enforcement bulletins are all means to disseminate the | ||||||
19 | information about a
missing person; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Because of the partnership with the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Department of Transportation and the Illinois Tollway |
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1 | Authority, the dynamic message signs on the interstates and | ||||||
2 | tollways can now
be utilized during advisories when a person | ||||||
3 | is missing while driving a vehicle; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Of the 121 Silver Alerts that have been issued | ||||||
5 | since the creation of the Silver Search program, all but one | ||||||
6 | person has been found; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge county | ||||||
9 | authorities throughout the State to utilize the Silver Search | ||||||
10 | program more frequently.
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