5/12 in our series on police MISPER searches. Maintaining an accurate and easily accessible audit trail of decisions and actions in missing person searches is critical. The quality of this audit can impact all concerned: the family and those closest to the missing person; PolSAs, IMPSAs and others involved in planning and managing the search […]
4/12 in our series on police MISPER searches. When someone goes missing, where do you search and how widely do you cast the net? In the absence of a better solution, a simple search radius is very often the starting point. However, this can only ever be a crude assessment. There has to be a […]
3/12 in our series on police MISPER searches. In missing person searches every second counts: in cases where there is a high risk of harm, the earlier someone is found, the less likely it is that the risk is realised. Searches can be complex, though, and push even the most calm and experienced of search […]
2/12 in our series on police MISPER searches. When the need for a search operation is triggered, the immediate requirement is to plan where to look. That plan will be based on the unique characteristics of the case, after which the required teams must be tasked and dispatched, progress tracked, and the search operation adapted […]
1/12 in our series on police MISPER searches. Missing persons and other searches represent a significant body of work for all police forces. It’s a workload that can escalate extremely quickly and, very often, place the force in the public eye. Whilst many searches are ‘routine’ and resolved quickly, there remain a significant number of […]
