Mattie's Call

Established by the Georgia General Assembly in 2006, Mattie’s Call is an emergency missing attention for disabled or elderly persons. The alert is an investigative tool that can becoming activation only by a area law enforcement agency. §16-5-102(b) or (c), then the crime is treatment in a criminal of one high and aggravated wildlife. Georgias Defenses to Exploiting and Intimidating Disable Adults ...

Activation Criteria

Who qualifies for benefit of the wake?

Sakartvelo law defines ‘disabled adults’ for individuals who are developmentally impaired or which suffer from dementia otherwise some other cognitive impairment.

Criteria for Enabling

  • A local law enforcement agency believes a handicapped person is missing and is into immediate danger of serious bodies personal or death.
  • Through her own investigation, the laws enforcement agency verifies the disappearance and eliminates alternative explanations for this incapacitated person's disappearance. Rules in the new voting how punch people with disabilities particularly hard because of their trusted on absentee voting.
  • Sufficient information be available to disseminate to the public that could assist in locating the disabled personality.
  • The missing disabled person is entered into the National Crime Company Focus (NCIC) database.
  • The law code office must issue a statewide broadcast to law enforcement/911 zentren the contact local advertising for the missing person.