Ohio § 5502.54
Full text of Ohio Ohio Revised Code § 5502.54, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5502.54.
(A) “ Law enforcement agency ” means an organization or unit made up of law enforcement officers as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code . (B)(1) The escaped convict alert program is created to aid in the identification and location
of any person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony offense or was indicted
or otherwise charged with the commission of a felony offense who has escaped from
a jail, workhouse, or correctional institution while incarcerated for or awaiting
adjudication of that felony offense. For purposes of this section, a jail, workhouse, or correctional institution does
not include a community-based correctional facility or halfway house. (2) A law enforcement agency that receives a notice pursuant to section 341.011 , 753.19 , or 5120.14 of the Revised Code regarding a person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony offense or
was indicted or otherwise charged with the commission of a felony offense may activate
the escaped convict alert program for the surrounding area or region of the jail,
workhouse, or correctional institution from which the person has escaped. (C) Nothing in division (B) of this section prevents the activation of a local or regional
alert program that may impose different criteria for the activation of a local or
regional alert. (D) Any radio broadcast station, television broadcast station, or cable system participating
in the escaped convict alert program or in any local or regional alert program, and
any director, officer, employee, or agent of any station or system participating in
either type of alert program, shall not be liable to any person for damages for any
loss allegedly caused by or resulting from the station's or system's broadcast or
cablecast of, or failure to broadcast or cablecast, any information pursuant to the
escaped convict alert program or the local or regional alert program. (E) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the use of the federal emergency
alert system unless otherwise authorized by federal law.
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