Gov. Susana Martinez has signed legislation into
law to create a statewide Silver Alert program to help locate missing people
with dementia and other conditions.
The law
takes effect in July, and the program will notify law enforcement agencies, the
news media and others when a person 50 years or older suffering from
Alzheimer's, dementia, or a brain injury goes missing.
About 30 other states operate similar programs, which
are modeled after the Amber Alert system that provides for emergency
distribution of notices of a child's abduction.
In signing the measure on Monday, Martinez
The governor's father died late last year after
a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease.
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