SM 38 — "MISSING & UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS DAY"

SENATEA MEMORIAL 38DECLARING 54THFEBRUARY LEGISLATURE19, -2020 STATE"MISSING OFAND NEWUNIDENTIFIED MEXICOPERSONS -DAY" SECONDIN SESSIONTHE ,SENATE. 2020 INTRODUCED BY Richard C.

Martinez5 6WHEREAS, 8to 10assist Ain MEMORIALthe DECLARINGeffort FEBRUARYto 19,locate 2020and "MISSINGidentify ANDmissing UNIDENTIFIEDand PERSONSunidentified DAY"persons, INwithin THEthirty SENATE.days the department of public safety is now required by the Mark Daniel Aguilar information sharing requirement of the Missing Persons Information and Reporting Act to share the following information with the national missing and unidentified persons system created by the United States department of justice's national institute of justice:

14A. WHEREAS, to assist in the effort to locate and identify missing and unidentified persons, within thirty days the department of public safety is now required by the Mark Daniel e t 17 Aguilar information sharing requirement of the Missing Persons w l n d 18 Information and Reporting Act to share the following = = 19 a l information with the national missing and unidentified persons i a e r 20 system created by the United States department of justice's a t m m 21 national institute of justice:

dall rinformation ein 22the A.missing persons information clearinghouse;

alland informationB. in the missing persons c e s k 23 information clearinghouse;

all information the department receives pursuant to the Missing Persons Information and eReporting aAct nregarding bthe 24identification B.and location of missing and unidentified persons or human remains;

all information the department receives pursuant u [ to the Missing Persons Information and Reporting Act regarding .216990.1 the identification and location of missing and unidentified persons or human remains;

SM 38 Page 1 and WHEREAS, the bill also clarifies the responsibilities of the various agencies and cellular service companies involved in the notice process;

and WHEREAS, there are currently over seven hundred fifty-six active missing persons cases and one hundred eighteen unidentified persons cases in New Mexico that have been successfully shared and imported into the national missing and e e 17 unidentified persons system as of December 31, 2019;

and e e n d 18 WHEREAS, the national missing and unidentified persons = = l ] 19 system has seventeen thousand one hundred twenty-four missing a l r i 20 persons and thirteen thousand one hundred thirty-six t e a t m m 21 unidentified persons entered into the national database;

and e d r e 22 WHEREAS, the national crime information center as of c e r c 23 December 2018 contained eighty-five thousand four hundred e a n b 24 fifty-nine active missing persons records;

and u [ WHEREAS, the national missing and unidentified persons .216990.1 - 2 - system is a nationwide information clearinghouse for missing, unidentified and unclaimed persons cases across the United States that provides resources to law enforcement, medical examiners, coroners, allied forensic professionals and family members of missing persons;

and WHEREAS, missing persons cases affect people of every age, race, religion, socioeconomic status, gender and social SM 38 Page 2 and cultural background, changing the dynamic of a family in an instant;

and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that recognition be extended to all missing and unidentified persons and to the many families of e e 17 missing persons that endure ambiguous loss;

and e e n d 18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that New Mexicans recognize those = = l ] 19 families affected by a loved one's disappearance and continue a l r i 20 to keep missing persons a priority;

and t e a t BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be m m 21 e d r e 22 transmitted to the secretary of public safety.

cSM e38 rPage c 23 - 3 -25 e a n b 24 u [ .216990.1