HomeUnited KingdomPolice carried out more than 16,000 missing person investigations last year | Forces from across the world have approached Police Scotland with a view to adopting similar practices to deal with missing people.
Police carried out more than 16,000 missing person investigations last year | Forces from across the world have approached Police Scotland with a view to adopting similar practices to deal with missing people.
October 3, 2024
Police Scotland’s response in finding missing people is “robust and effective” with the force successfully tracing 99% of people alive in the last four years, a watchdog has said.
by backupJM
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>Scotland’s national police service was so effective, a report found, that forces from across the world want to learn how they do it.
>The report, by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS), said Police Scotland conducted 16,236 missing person investigations between April 2023 and April this year 24.
>Figures in the report, show that over the last four years, of all people who went missing – of which 60% were aged under 18 – more than 99% were traced alive.
>More than half (58%) of such incidents were resolved within 24 hours, and 94% in 48 hours.
Amazing figures
> The inspectorate said the national missing persons application computer program does not work effectively on mobile phones used by police, leading to some officers travelling to and from police stations to record information – which it said is not a good use of their time.
Hmm. If it doesn’t work well on phones… it’s not likely to work on tablets either, is it ?
Would it be possible to equip police cars with a cheap laptop to use these kinds of programs that are not suited for phones ? That seems to me like something that would help with productivity and avoid unnecessary travelling ?
Every missing teen post on Facebook is accompanied by a ton of people blaming free bus travel.
Lot of people come to the Highlands to top themselves
Kind of get it, but a massive drain on local resources
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>Scotland’s national police service was so effective, a report found, that forces from across the world want to learn how they do it.
>The report, by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS), said Police Scotland conducted 16,236 missing person investigations between April 2023 and April this year 24.
>Figures in the report, show that over the last four years, of all people who went missing – of which 60% were aged under 18 – more than 99% were traced alive.
>More than half (58%) of such incidents were resolved within 24 hours, and 94% in 48 hours.
Amazing figures
> The inspectorate said the national missing persons application computer program does not work effectively on mobile phones used by police, leading to some officers travelling to and from police stations to record information – which it said is not a good use of their time.
Hmm. If it doesn’t work well on phones… it’s not likely to work on tablets either, is it ?
Would it be possible to equip police cars with a cheap laptop to use these kinds of programs that are not suited for phones ? That seems to me like something that would help with productivity and avoid unnecessary travelling ?
Every missing teen post on Facebook is accompanied by a ton of people blaming free bus travel.
Lot of people come to the Highlands to top themselves
Kind of get it, but a massive drain on local resources