(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms apply: (1) âFeather Alertâ means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (d), designed to issue and coordinate alerts with respect to endangered indigenous people, specifically indigenous women or indigenous people, who are reported missing. (2) âLaw enforcement agencyâ means a state, local, or tribal law enforcement agency or police department. (3) âTribeâ or âTribe of Californiaâ means a Native American tribe located in California that is on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission for the purposes of Chapter 905 of the Statutes of 2004 and Chapter 532 of the Statutes of 2014. (b) The Department of the California Highway Patrol, in consultation with tribal nations, the Department of Justice, as well as a representative from the California State Sheriffsâ Association, the California Police Chiefs Association, and the California Peace Officersâ Association, shall develop policies and procedures providing instruction specifying how a law enforcement agency, a broadcaster participating in the Emergency Alert System, and any other intermediate emergency agency that may institute activation of the Feather Alert, and, where appropriate, other supplemental warning systems, shall proceed after a missing person has been reported to a law enforcement agency and the conditions described in subdivision (e) are met. Those policies and procedures shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Procedures for the transfer of information regarding the missing person and the circumstances surrounding the missing personâs disappearance from the law enforcement agency to the broadcasters. (2) Specification of the event code or codes that should be used if the Feather Alert is activated to report a missing person. (3) Recommended language for a Feather Alert issued pursuant to this section. (4) Specification of information that shall be included by the reporting law enforcement agency, including which agency a person with information relating to the missing person should contact and how the person should contact the agency. (5) Recommendations on the extent of the geographical area to which a Feather Alert issued pursuant to this section should be broadcast. (c) (1) A law enforcement agency or Tribe of California may directly request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate a Feather Alert consistent with the requirements of paragraph (2). (2) (A) If a person is reported missing to a law enforcement agency and that agency determines that the requirements of subdivision (e) are met, the law enforcement agency or Tribe of California may request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate a Feather Alert. (B) (i) For purposes of this subdivision, a law enforcement agency shall make a determination that the requirements of subdivision (e) are met within 24 hours, following the initial report being made to the agency. (ii) If the law enforcement agency does not make a determination within 24 hours as required by clause (i), then the Tribe of California may directly request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate a Feather Alert. (d) If the Department of the California Highway Patrol concurs that the requirements of subdivision (e) have been met, it shall activate a Feather Alert within the appropriate geographical area requested by the investigating law enforcement agency. (1) (A) The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall respond to a law enforcement agencyâs or tribeâs request to activate a Feather Alert within 48 hours of receiving the request. (B) The department shall take reasonable steps to confirm that a report from a missing personâs family members is not an attempt to locate an indigenous woman or indigenous person who is intentionally avoiding or evading abuse in any of the following forms: (i) Sexual assault. (ii) Sexual harassment. (iii) Domestic violen
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