The Bureau Newsletter

Since 2008, we have published a quarterly newsletter called The Bureau. This has now been re-launched as an electronic update document and will be circulated more regularly. The latest edition can be downloaded from the list to the right of this screen. If you would like to join the mailing list, or would like to receive archived copies of The Bureau from 2008-2010, please email us.

Information for the public

Members of the public can find out more about how to report someone missing, report a sighting and see some of the more frequently asked questions by clicking here. Here you will also find a series of factsheets aimed at the families and friends of missing persons. The factsheets cover subjects such as what to do when someone goes missing, how to find support and what the police are likely to do, for example.

Information for Police

Information for police can be accessed here.  Police officers should join the Missing Persons Bureau community on the secure Police OnLine Knowledge Area (POLKA) website.  You'll be able to access notification forms, guidance, practice advice and publications to help resolve your missing person investigations.

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If you are a police officer investigating a missing person/unidentified body case, you will find the following NPIA services useful:

Specialist Operations Centre: The Specialist Operations Centre can assist you with covert policing, major crime, witness intermediaries and the policing of pre-planned events and major incidents.

National Injuries Database: The National Injuries Database (NID) is a unique national resource to support serious crime investigations for the analysis of weapons and wounds.

National Fingerprint Database: The National Fingerprint Database (IDENT1), provides the Police service in England, Scotland and Wales with a fingerprint identification system, with the capability to search palm prints and marks.

Crime Operational Support: Crime Operational Support assist police forces by providing specialist operational skills and can assist in the resolution of exceptional crime series and operational critical incidents.

News and Events

Missing Children and Adults conference 17 & 18 April 2012

Brought to you by Missing People, the Missing Persons Bureau, CEOP and the COMPACT User Group.  To be held at Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry.   The annual Missing Adults and Children conference is essential for practitioners and policy-makers who work on the issue of missing people, including delegates from law enforcement, social services and the voluntary sector.  The conference will focus on themes outlined in the Missing Children and Adults Strategy recently published by the Home Office, including the prevention of people going missing, the protection of those who do go missing, and the provision of services for the families of missing people.
 
If you would like more information on attending the conference, please email events@npia.pnn.police.uk.  

New strategy for missing children and adults launched

December 5th 2011 saw the launch of a new, cross-Government strategy for missing children and adults in England and Wales.  It is intended to bring greater co-operation between police, social services, schools and other authorities for the 200,000 people who go missing every year in the UK.  It also covers support for their families.  The strategy can be downloaded from the Home Office website or police can access a copy via the Missing Persons Bureau community on the POLKA website.