H-0800 Missing Persons - Reporting.pdf

Kern County Sheriff’s Office Policies and Procedures TITLE: MISSING PERSONS-REPORTING NO: H 0800 - Missing Persons.doc APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner EFFECTIVE: May 25, 1992 REVIEWED: 02/06/2023 REVISED: 02/06/2023 UPDATED: 02/06/2023 H 0800 - Missing Persons.doc-1 POLICY Deputy Sheriffs, Dispatchers, Sheriff’s Report Technicians, Sheriff’s Aides, Community Services Technicians and all other Sheriff’s personnel who have reporting responsibilities shall accept any missing person’s report, including any telephonic report of missing persons, including runaways, without delay and shall give priority to the handling of these reports over the handling of reports relating to property crimes. Missing persons’ cases shall be handled in accordance with the following procedures: PROCEDURE A Initial Response Sheriff’s personnel who take the initial call, by phone or in person, will determine if the call meets the criteria for a missing perso