SR 21-005 — Missing Persons Day

SENATEFirst RESOLUTIONRegular 21-005Session BYSeventy-third SENATOR(S)General Sonnenberg,Assembly Bridges,STATE Buckner,OF Coleman,COLORADO Cooke,ENGROSSED Coram,LLS Danielson,NO. Donovan, Fenberg, Fields, Gardner, Ginal, Gonzales, Hansen, Hisey, Holbert, Jaquez Lewis, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Lee, Liston, Lundeen, Moreno, Pettersen, Priola, Rankin, Rodriguez, Scott, Simpson, Smallwood, Story, Winter, Woodward, Zenzinger, Garcia.

CONCERNINGTHEDESIGNATIONOFFEBRUARY4,R21-0731.01 2021,Vanessa ASCleaver "MISSINGx4636 PERSONSSR21-005 DAY"SENATE INSPONSORSHIP COLORADO.Sonnenberg, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cooke, Coram, Danielson, Donovan, Fenberg, Fields,Garcia,Gardner,Ginal,Gonzales,Hansen,Hisey,Holbert,JaquezLewis,Kirkmeyer, Kolker,Lee,Liston,Lundeen,Moreno,Pettersen,Priola,Rankin,Rodriguez,Scott,Simpson, Smallwood, Story, Winter, Woodward, Zenzinger Senate Committees SENATE RESOLUTION 21-005 C ONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF F EBRUARY 4, 2021,AS "M ISSING P ERSONS DAY " INC OLORADO .

WHEREAS, Each year, hundreds ofthousandsof offamiliesthousands of families are faced with what President Ronald Reagan called "the stark terror of a unique tragedy", a missing family member;

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,Every40seconds,someonegoesmissinginAmerica. Every 40 seconds, someone goes missing in America.

and WHEREAS, By December 31, 2019, the Federal Bureau of InvestigationreportedInvestigationreported87,438activemissingpersonsintheUnitedStates, 87,438 activemissingpersons intheUnitedStates, with nearly 44 percent beingjuvenilesbeing juveniles under the age of21;of 21;

and WHEREAS,WHEREAS,Childrenandadultsgomissingfromtheirfamiliesfor Children and adults go missing from their families for a number of devastating reasons:

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The program ensures that local law enforcement agencies can useusetheEmergencyAlert theSysteminColoradotobroadcastinformationto Emergency Alert System in Colorado to broadcast informationto alert citizens ofmissingof missing children;

and WHEREAS, Since 1996,AMBERAlertshave1996, successfullyrecoveredAMBER Alerts have successfully recovered 988 children nationally;

and WHEREAS, For all the important work done to recover missing children,theNationalCenterforMissingandExploitedChildrenreported on its website in 2019 that 421,394 missing child reports were made to lawenforcementin2019,lawenforcementin2019,andtheorganizationlists73missingColoradan andthechildrenfromeveryareaofthestate.Althoughalldisappearedfromtheir organizationlistsfamilies 73when missingthey Coloradanwere childrenchildren, fromsome everyhave areabeen ofthemissing state.for decades;

Although all disappeared from their families when they were children, some have been missing for decades;

and WHEREAS, According to the Alzheimer's Association, sixsixin in ten people with Alzheimer's or dementia will wander and may become lost, afrequentafrequentandfrighteningchallengefortheircaregiversandfamilies;and andWHEREAS, frighteningIn challengefortheir2007, caregiversGovernor Bill Ritter signed House Bill 07-1005 into law, which expanded the senior alert program to include people with developmental disabilities, connecting caretakers with law enforcement officials who can use the reach of the radio, television stations, and families;other media to alert the community;

and WHEREAS, In2007,The GovernorBillRitterawareness signedHouseBillof 07-1005citizens, intomedia, law,and which expandedthe senior alertprogramto includepeoplewith developmental disabilities, connecting caretakers with law enforcementenforcement, officialsas whowell canuseas thetheir reachsupport, ofthetheir radio,efforts, television stations, and othertheir mediasearch tofor alertmissing thepersons, community;must continue;

and WHEREAS, The awareness ofcitizens, media, and law enforcement, as well as their support, theirefforts, andtheirsearchfor missingpersons, must continue;

They become the eyes and ears oflawoflawenforcementandcanbeonthelookoutforthemissingperson;and enforcement-2- and005 canbeWHEREAS, ontheThe lookoutcommon misconception that a person must be absent for theat least 24 hours before being legally classified as missing person;is dangerous and incorrect.

andWhen WHEREAS,there Thecommonmisconceptionthatapersonmustbeabsentis PAGEevidence 2-SENATEof RESOLUTIONviolence 21-005or forof atan leastunusual 24absence, hoursit beforeis beingcritical legallythat classifiedan asinvestigation m1ssmgbegin ispromptly; dangerous and incorrect.

When there is evidence of violence or of an unusual absence, itis critical that an investigation begin promptly;

and WHEREAS, The state of Colorado is committed to the safetysafetyand and well-being of its citizens, both children and adults;

and WHEREAS, The designation of "Missing Persons Day" in Colorado will firmlyfirmlyembed embed the importance of missing persons and their families and friends in our state calendar and will raise a level of awareness with other cities and states that have already designated a "Missing Persons Day";

and WHEREAS, The designation of "Missing Persons Day" in Colorado offers a platform to plan events that will connect families with resources to help identifyidentifyand and find their loved ones, including those who have been missing for many years;

and WHEREAS, The designation of "Missing Persons Day" in Colorado will ensure that the families and friends oftheof the missing know thattheythattheyarenotaloneinthistragedyofuncertaintiesandlackof areclosure, not alone in this tragedy ofuncertainties and lack ofclosure, which leads to extreme suffering and long-lasting effects on the health, finances, and relationships ofthoseof those left behind;

now, therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate oftheof the Seventy-third General Assembly oftheof the State ofColorado:of Colorado:

(1) Thatwe,That we, the members oftheof the Senate, recognizetherecognize the epidemic oftheof the missing inAmericaasin America as "The SilentMassDisaster"Silent Mass Disaster" and empathizewiththeempathize with the ongoing suffering oftheof the families and friends ofthoseof those who are missing;

(2) That we recognize the importance of raising awareness of the number ofpeopleof people who go missing in Colorado each year;

PAGE-3- 3-SENATE005 RESOLUTION 21-005 (3) That we applaud the committed efforts of families, law enforcementagencies,enforcementagencies,andconcernedcitizenswhoworktolocatemissing andconcernedcitizenswhoworkto locatemissing persons;

(4) ThatweThatweencouragethecontinuedsupportofworthyinitiatives encouragetheand continuedsupportofworthyprivate initiatives and privatepublic andpublicprogramsprograms to increase efforts to locatemissingpersons;locate missing persons;

(5) ThatThatweherebydesignateFebruary4of weeachyearas"Missing hereby designate February 4 of each year as "Missing Persons Day" and support the goals and ideals oftheof the day;

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