COM. JEN. >> THANK YOU. JUST MORE THAN A MONTH AFTER A SILVER ALERT PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE, IT'S STILL NOT UP AND RUNNING YET. VULNERABLE COMPONENT CONTINUE TO GO MISSING. I SPOKE TO OFFICIALS TO FIND OUT WHEN IT WILL START ISSUING ALERTS. >> THE SILVER ALERT PROGRAM IS MEANT TO HELP FIND VULNERABLE KUPUNA 65 AND OLDER WHO GO MISSING. BUT 7 WEEKS AFTER IT WAS ESTABLISHED, IT STILL HASN'T ISSUED AN ALERT DESPITE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF AT LEAST 2 ELDERLY IN THE STATE. I REACHED OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT HANDLING THE PROGRAM TO FIND OUT WHY IN A STATEMENT THE DEELY DIRECTOR SAYS WE'RE STILL TRYING TO INTEGRATE OUR TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS TO SET UP THE PROGRAM AND TO HIRE AN ADMINISTRATOR TO OVERSEE THE PROJECT. SENATOR BRANDON WHO AUTHORED THE BILL SAYS IT MAY NOT HAPPEN UNTIL LATE SEPTEMBER THERE ABOUT A MONTH AWAY FROM LAUNCHING THIS PROGRAM. THEY'RE STILL WAITING FOR THESE. >> OF $250,000 TO BASICALLY FUND THIS PROGRAM CURRENTLY. NOW IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THE ISSUES OF TESTING AND SEEING WHAT THEY COULD DO ON THEIR SAFER WATCH APPLICATION AND WEBSITE. >> THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION IS HOPING THEY CAN EXPEDITE THE PROCESS. I HOPE. >> THE MONTHS WILL COME SOONER BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD OF MANY CASES EVEN SINCE THE BILL HAS BEEN SIGNED IN JULY FOR KUPUNA DID GO MISSING IT. >> ACCORDING TO HONOLULU POLICE, 67 YEAR-OLD ALI E VOD. JEFF LA TO WAS OFFICIALLY REPORTED MISSING TUESDAY MORNING. HE WAS LAST SEEN AUGUST 9TH AROUND 01:00PM WALKING ALONG FARRINGTON HIGHWAY IN MY I SPOKE TO LA TO LEE'S BROTHER. HE DECLINED AN INTERVIEW BUT SAYS THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED. THE SILVER ALERT MODELED AFTER THE MILEY AMBER ALERT SYSTEM WOULD IMMEDIATELY BROADCAST INFORMATION INCREASING THE CHANCES OF LOCATING THE MISSING PERSON. QUICKLY. WHILE MANY WHO DISAPPEAR ARE FOUND, SOME ARE NOT INCLUDING 85 YEAR-OLD FRANCIS SCHOOL PANEL IN ON LAST SEEN IN KAPOLEI ON MAY 15TH OF LAST YEAR, KHON SPOKE TO HIS DAUGHTER ABOUT THE SILVER ALERT PROGRAM ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DISAPPEARANCE. SHE IS HOPING IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE FUTURE. PEOPLE IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS MAY BE ABLE TO FIND THEIR MISSING LOVED ONES VERY QUICKLY AND THEY WON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH. >> WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PAST YEAR. >> AND WHY IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST STATES IN THE COUNTRY TO ESTABLISH A SILVER ALERT PROGRAM. IT WAS CREATED TO SAFEGUARD MISSING PERSON 65 YEARS AND OLDER WHO ARE CAUSING IT TO