It's the Law

The National Child Search Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5779, 5780) requires law enforcement to immediately enter into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database every reported case involving a missing child. The intent of this law is to ensure that law enforcement disseminates as quickly as possible information vital to the recovery of a missing child.

Suzanne’s Law
“Suzanne’s Law,” requiring law enforcement to notify the National Crime Information Center when someone between the ages of 18 and 21 is reported missing, was signed into law by President George W. Bush as part of the “Amber Alert” bill. The Law was named after Suzanne Lyall, a State University of New York at Albany student who has been missing since 1998. The Campus Police Department of the University of California complies with this law and will immediately report such missing persons to the NCIC.

The Adam Walsh Safety Protection Act
Some Highlights Of The Bill:

• Establishes a comprehensive national system for the registration of sex offenders.

• Establishes three tiers of sex offenders.

• Requires all jurisdictions to enact criminal penalties for sex offenders who fail to comply with registration requirements.

• Requires sex offenders to appear in person to verify their registration.

• Imposes a fine and/or term of imprisonment for up to 20 years on sex offenders who knowingly fail to register.

• Makes registration as a sex offender a mandatory condition of probation and supervised release.

• Eliminates the statute of limitations for prosecutions of child abduction and felony sex offenses against children.

• Directs the Attorney General to provide technical assistance to jurisdictions to help identify and locate sex offenders relocated due to a major disaster.