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Tag: Missing Persons: Page 3
Patrol
How to Investigate Lost Children
There are basically five ways children go missing: abduction by a parent, kidnapping and ransom, runaway children, predator abduction, or unexplained disappearance. Until you figure out what you have, each investigation starts off with the premise that the child has gone missing by wandering off somewhere. This article will cover common aspects of a lost child in order to help an officer with the initial investigation.
March 10, 2017
Patrol
Texas Officer Presumed Dead After Being Swept Away by Flood Waters
An off-duty Southern Methodist University police officer missing since he was swept into the flooded Turtle Creek in Dallas, TX, early Tuesday is presumed dead. More Here.
July 5, 2016
Patrol
Check on the Well-Being
Don't just take the call you are dispatched to at face value. You never know until you get there and see what your investigation brings up.
April 7, 2016
Patrol
Missing Elderly Man with Dementia
You get a call about a missing elderly white male who left his residence somewhere between 21:00 and 04:00 while his caregiver was sleeping. The gentleman is 74 years old and expected to be walking in dress clothes. He has a habit of wandering off.
September 30, 2015
Training
Video: Bloodhound Puppy Joins Virginia Police Department
The newest member of the Fairfax County (Va.) Police Department is just eight weeks old. CJ, a ridiculously cute bloodhound puppy, joined the department two weeks ago and is now in training.
May 11, 2015
Training
Bloodhound Puppy Joins Virginia Police Department
The newest member of the Fairfax County (Va.) Police Department is just eight weeks old. Bloodhound puppy CJ is in training to learn how to search for missing people. More Here.
May 11, 2015
Patrol
Safeguarding the Most Vulnerable
At-risk individuals enrolled in Project Lifesaver wear a small personal transmitter around the wrist or ankle that emits an individualized tracking signal. Responders tune into the individualized frequency of the client's transmitter, listening for a signal that can help them locate the client.
April 28, 2015
Technology
Lockheed Martin and Project Lifesaver Partner to Locate Missing Persons
To augment humanitarian search and rescue efforts, Lockheed Martin announced today it is teaming with Project Lifesaver International and Loen Engineering Inc., bringing advanced technology to first response agencies with the Indago small unmanned aerial system (UAS).
April 27, 2015
Patrol
Retiring Michigan K-9 Locates Missing Child
A two-year-old Michigan boy was returned home safe and sound after he wandered off Tuesday night thanks to a Newaygo County Sheriff’s Department K-9 named Turbo.
April 22, 2015
Patrol
Missing 4-Year-old Boy
It's 03:50 in the morning when dispatch advises you to respond to a remotely located residence in reference to a missing 4-year-old boy. The mother had gotten up to go to the bathroom and noticed her son was not in his room and the front door was unlocked and open. She immediately called the police.
January 30, 2015
Patrol
Video: Missing Boy Found Behind False Wall
Clayton County, Ga., police rescued a 13-year-old boy, who was reported missing by his mother in 2010, Saturday morning. He was found behind a false wall in his father's home.
December 1, 2014
Patrol
Murdered Girl's Dad Sues Police, Says 'Law Enforcement Failed' in Search
A 12-year-old New Jersey girl's estate is claiming local police failed to follow the correct procedures in searching for her, therefore "failing" the murder victim and her family.
October 27, 2014
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