Missing Persons: Volunteers Supporting Law Enforcement

摘要

This publication provides a discussion of the differences between a runaway child and an abducted child; and an adult that abandons his or her life and an Alzheimers patient that wanders away from his caretaker. Volunteers can assist no matter the circumstances surrounding the disappearance. Missing Persons: Volunteers Supporting Law Enforcement lists possible activities to engage affiliated volunteers before someone is reported missing, such as assisting parents in completing child identification kits, conducting address verification of registered sex offenders, and replacing batteries in tracking system bracelets worn by individuals predisposed to wandering away. Volunteers can also assist during an active missing person investigation by canvassing neighborhoods door to door, providing perimeter control at the scene, or providing relief services to investigators and volunteers during long searches. Over the course of an investigation or once an investigation turns cold, volunteers can answer phones in the coroners unit, maintain missing person files, or man phone banks.