Policy Text
FLORIDA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVES
NON-FAMILY ABDUCTION:
DRUG DEPENDENT;
A CHILD IS TAKEN BY AN UNKNOWN
INDIVIDUAL, THROUGH FORCE OR
A POTENTIAL VICTIM OF FOUL
PERSUASION, USUALLY IN THE
PLAY;
FURTHERANCE OF ADDITIONAL
VICTIMIZATION.
IN A LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION;
FAMILY ABDUCTION:
WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO COULD
A NON-CUSTODIAL FAMILY
ENDANGER HIS OR HER WELFARE;
MEMBER FLEES WITH A CHILD
OR
USUALLY IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF
A COURT ORDERED CUSTODY
WAS ABSENT UNDER
ARRANGEMENT.
CIRCUMSTANCES INCONSISTENT
WITH ESTABLISHED PATTERNS OF
RUNAWAY CHILD:
BEHAVIOR OR WHOSE
DISAPPEARANCE INVOLVES
MOST OFTEN A TEENAGER WHO
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD
LEAVES HOME VOLUNTARILY FOR A
CAUSE A REASONABLE PERSON
VARIETY OF REASONS.
TO BELIEVE THAT FOUL PLAY IS
INVOLVED.
LOST OR OTHERWISE MISSING
CHILD:
AT RISK CHILD:
A CHILD WHO BECOMES SEPARATED
ANY CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 14
FROM PARENTS OR CARETAKER
(THIS AGE WAS ESTABLISHED BY
UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES NOT
THE FEDERAL MISSING CHILDREN
INDICATING THE LIKELIHOOD OF AN
ASSISTANCE ACT, BECAUSE
ABDUCTION OR VOLUNTARY
CHILDREN OF THIS AGE GROUP
ABSENCE.
HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED
INDEPENDENCE FROM PARENTAL
THROWN-AWAY:
CONTROL AND DO NOT HAVE THE
SURVIVAL SKILLS NECESSARY TO
A CHILD WHOSE CARETAKER MAKES
PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM
NO EFFORT TO RECOVER THE CHILD
EXPLOITATION ON THE STREETS) OR
WHO HAS RUN AWAY, OR WHO HAS
BELIEVED TO BE ONE OR MORE OF
BEEN ABANDONED OR DESERTED.
THE FOLLOWING:
UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES:
MENTALLY DIMINISHED;
ANY PERSON WHO IS MISSING AND
DRUG DEPENDENT;
BELIEVED TO BE:
A POTENTIAL VICTIM OF FOUL
MENTALLY DIMINISHED;
PLAY OR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION;
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FLORIDA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVES
BETTER TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF
IN A LIFE THREATENING
CAUTION, THAN NOT TAKE ACTION.
SITUATION;
CALL TAKER:
WITH ADULTS WHO COULD
ENDANGER HIS OR HER DETERMINE IF CIRCUMSTANCES OF
WELFARE; OR THE REPORT MEET THE DEFINITION
OF A MISSING CHILD AS DESCRIBED
WAS ABSENT UNDER ABOVE. IF IT DOES, IMMEDIATELY
CIRCUMSTANCES DISPATCH AN OFFICER TO THE
SCENE AND NOTIFY THE
INCONSISTENT WITH
SUPERVISOR ON DUTY. TRANSMIT
ESTABLISHED PATTERNS OF
BEHAVIOR OR WHOSE THE APPROPRIATE RADIO ALERTS
DISAPPEARANCE INVOLVES AND OTHER NOTIFICATIONS.
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THOROUGHLY DOCUMENT ALL
INFORMATION RECEIVED AND
WOULD CAUSE A
SAFEGUARD ALL RECORDS.
REASONABLE PERSON TO
CONCLUDE THAT THE CHILD
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ‘AT FIRST RESPONDER:
RISK’.
IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO THE
LOCATION AND BEGIN TO
RESPONSE
INTERVIEW THE PARENT(S) OR
PERSON WHO IS MAKING THE
MISSING CHILD RESPONSE PLAN:
INITIAL REPORT. GATHER A
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE
THE FLORIDA CITY POLICE
MISSING CHILD AND WHAT HAD
DEPARTMENT WILL IMMEDIATELY
OCCURRED.
RESPOND TO ALL MISSING CHILD
CALLS AND INITIATE THE MISSING
DURING THIS PORTION OF THE
CHILD RESPONSE PLAN.
INVESTIGATION, NOTHING SHOULD
BE ASSUMED AND EVERYTHING
THE CALL TAKER AND RESPONDING
SHOULD BE VERIFIED.