Title 52. Police (State)
Chapter 7.1:1. Virginia Critical Operation for a Disappeared Child Initiative (Codi) Alert Program
§ 52-34.3:1. Definitions. (2024 updated section)
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Critical Operation for a Disappeared Child Initiative Agreement" or "Codi Agreement" means the voluntary agreement between law-enforcement officials and members of the media whereby a child will be declared missing or endangered and the public will be notified, and includes all other incidental conditions of the partnership as found appropriate by the Virginia State Police.
"Critical Operation for a Disappeared Child Initiative Alert" or "Codi Alert" means the notice of a missing or endangered child provided to the public by the media or other methods under a Codi Agreement.
"Critical Operation for a Disappeared Child Initiative Alert Program" or "Codi Alert Program" or "Program" means the procedures and Codi Agreements to aid in the identification and location of missing or endangered children.
"Media" means print, radio, television, and Internet-based communication systems or other methods of communicating information to the public.
"Missing or endangered child" means a child (i) who is 17 years of age or younger or is currently enrolled in a secondary school in the Commonwealth, regardless of age; (ii) whose whereabouts are unknown; and (iii) whose disappearance is under suspicious circumstances or poses a credible threat as determined by law enforcement to the safety and health of the child and under such other circumstances as deemed appropriate by the Virginia State Police.
