{"identifier":"/us/usc/t34/s50501","title":34,"num":"\u00a7\u202f50501.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f50501.\nDefinitions\nIn this chapter:\n(1)\nCoordinator\nThe term \u201cCoordinator\u201d means the Blue Alert Coordinator of the Department of Justice designated under\nsection 50503(a) of this title\n(2)\nBlue Alert\nThe term \u201cBlue Alert\u201d means information sent through the network relating to\u2014\n(A) the serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer in the line of duty;\n(B) an officer who is missing in connection with the officer\u2019s official duties; or\n(C) an imminent and credible threat that an individual intends to cause the serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer.\n(3)\nBlue Alert plan\nThe term \u201cBlue Alert plan\u201d means the plan of a State, unit of local government, or Federal agency participating in the network for the dissemination of information received as a Blue Alert.\n(4)\nLaw enforcement officer\nThe term \u201claw enforcement officer\u201d shall have the same meaning as in\nsection 10284 of this title\n(5)\nNetwork\nThe term \u201cnetwork\u201d means the Blue Alert communications network established by the Attorney General under\nsection 50502 of this title\n(6)\nState\nThe term \u201cState\u201d means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t34/s50501.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t34/s50501","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f50501."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this chapter:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t34/s50501/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Coordinator"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cCoordinator\u201d means the Blue Alert Coordinator of the Department of Justice designated under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 50503(a) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t34/s50503/a","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t34/s50501/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Blue Alert"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The term \u201cBlue Alert\u201d means information sent through the network relating to\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t34/s50501/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer in the line of duty;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t34/s50501/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" an officer who is missing in connection with the officer\u2019s official duties; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t34/s50501/2/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" an imminent and credible threat that an individual intends to cause the serious injury or death of a law enforcement officer.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t34/s50501/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Blue Alert plan"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cBlue Alert plan\u201d means the plan of a State, unit of local government, or Federal agency participating in the network for the dissemination of information received as a Blue Alert.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t34/s50501/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Law enforcement officer"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201claw enforcement officer\u201d shall have the same meaning as in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 10284 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t34/s10284","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t34/s50501/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Network"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cnetwork\u201d means the Blue Alert communications network established by the Attorney General under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 50502 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t34/s50502","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t34/s50501/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"heading","text":"State"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cState\u201d means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}