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As used in this chapter\n(a) 'Abducted child' means a child:\n(1) whose whereabouts are unknown;\n(2)\n(A) whose domicile at the time he was reported missing was the Virgin Islands; or\n(B) about whom credible information is received from a law enforcement agency located in another jurisdiction that the abducted child is traveling to or in the Virgin Islands;\n(C) whose age at the time he was first reported missing was seventeen years of age or younger; and\n(D) whose disappearance poses a credible threat, as determined by law enforcement or child welfare officials, to the safety and health of the child.\n(3) 'Amber Alert' means a declaration by an official authorized by the Police Department that an abduction has occurred and that notifications and broadcasts should be made pursuant to the Amber Alert notification plan.\n(4) 'Amber Alert Program' means a program under which the Virgin Islands Police Department transmits information about a recently abducted child to broadcasters that have agreed to participate in the Program and immediately and repeatedly broadcast the information to the general public.\n(5) 'Broadcaster' includes radio and television broadcasters.\n(6)

ters that have agreed to participate in the Program and immediately and repeatedly broadcast the information to the general public.\n(5) 'Broadcaster' includes radio and television broadcasters.\n(6) 'Commissioner' means the Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Police Department.\n(7) 'Department' means the Virgin Islands Police Department.\n(8) 'Program' or 'Amber Alert Program' means the Virgin Islands Amber Alert Emergency Response Program established under this chapter.\n(9) 'V.I.T.E.M.A.' means the Virgin Islands Emergency Management Agency.