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<br /> <br />Policy & Procedure Page 1 of 13 <br /> <br />Lexington Police <br />Department <br />Subject: Missing Person <br /> <br /> <br />Policy Number: <br /> 42J Accreditation Standards: <br />Reference: 41.2.5; 41.2.6 Effective Date: <br />2/26/13 <br /> New <br /> Revised <br />Revision <br />Dates: <br />1/24/19 <br /> <br />By Order of: Mark J. Corr, Chief of Police <br /> <br /> The Municipal Police Institute, Inc. (MPI) is a private, nonprofit charitable affiliate of the <br />Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association. MPI provides training and model policies and <br />procedures for police agencies. This policy is an edited version of MPI Policy 2.08, “Missing <br />Persons.” <br /> <br />GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND GUIDELINES <br /> <br />A missing person is one who is absent with no apparent reason or under circumstances <br />that may indicate involuntary disappearance. It should be remembered that missing <br />persons are not fugitives and often have voluntarily left home for personal reasons, of <br />which the person making the report may be reluctant to inform the police. Despite <br />limited resources and the fact that many of these reports may be unfounded or <br />unnecessary, the Department cannot ignore such reports and must be prepared to <br />respond to all missing persons reports. <br /> <br />It is the policy of the Lexington Police Department to: <br /> <br /> Ensure that reports of missing persons are promptly recorded, assessed, and <br />investigated. <br /> <br /> Ensure that response to calls for missing children shall be given a priority, and <br />great care shall be exercised in investigating any missing child case, as all <br />missing children must be considered at risk until circumstance prove otherwise. <br />[41.2.6(a)] <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />