Missing Persons

Question 1

What is the definition of a missing person?

Answer 1

Any person who is reported missing to police

Whose whereabouts are unknown

There are fears for the safety, or concerns for the welfare, of that person

Question 2

What factors need to be considered when deciding on whether a genuine concern for a missing person exists?

Answer 2

Zones of Safety (outside their normal surrounding’s)

Age

Circumstances: Suspicious, Unusual or Dangerous

(ZAC SUD)

Question 3

Most people that go missing fall into one of four categories, which are:

Answer 3

Voluntary

Involuntary

Lost due to event

Missing overseas