You might have heard that you need to wait 24 hours before reporting a missing person, but the waiting period is a myth. In fact, taking action within the first 48 hours is crucial to bringing a missing child home. When speaking with police, you will be asked to provide basic information about your child, including their date of birth, height, weight, hair color, and eye color. Tell them any identifying features that your child may have, such as scars, birthmarks, braces, or eyeglasses, and share any medical circumstances that your child may have.
They will also need to know where and when your child was last seen, and what clothes they were wearing at that time. It is an essential tool in locating missing persons. Remember, there is no waiting period for reporting a child missing or for entry into NCIC.
Read more. In all cases, the local precinct where the case is reported will handle a case first. If the missing person is not found within a few weeks, the precinct will hand off the case to the Missing Persons Squad, which will continue working on the case. On special category cases, police will devote as many resources as possible to the search. Police can also turn to media publications or their own social media platforms to ask for help.
Other agencies can also help. The National Autism Association, for example, recently released a toolkit on how to search for children with autism. The report makes specific recommendations for both parents and first responders. Statistics from the Missing Persons Clearinghouse, which keeps track of all missing people in New York State, shows that the majority of missing persons cases, for both children and vulnerable adults, were resolved within one or two days.
In , the New York City Police Department launched a social media campaign to include civilians in ongoing investigations, both to catch criminals and find the missing. Talk to us. First steps What are the actions I should take? Step 1: Try to find them yourself Of course, this depends on the person you are looking for. If you feel you can make some searches yourself and spend some time looking for them, do this first: Check their home and places where you expect they might be.
Look for any notes, messages or emails from them. See when they were last on social media or messaging apps. Send them a message explaining how worried you are. Ask friends, neighbours, and family to help you — they might have heard from and not realised you are worried.
Write down what you have done to look and the times, so you can let police know if you need to. We will text you back. Request a text back. Searching for people The person you are missing may not be considered vulnerable or be at risk, that doesn't mean you might not be worrying about them.
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Helpful Guides. Publicity - what can Missing People do. What will the police do to search for someone. Find out how the police will coordinate a search when someone is reported missing. What can you do and how to manage after reporting someone.
Read more about what you can do to look after yourself whilst you wait for news. Dealing with immediate practical impacts. Discover what things you might need to do for someone if they have gone missing. Support we offer family and friends of missing people. Reasons people go missing.
Services for police. Requesting help with a missing investigation If you are a police offer or a professional concerned with a missing person, please read more about how we can assist, and consider referring the missing person and their family to us for our assistance. Refer someone to us. Other helpful stuff.
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