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Police Scotland’s response in finding missing people is “robust and effective” with the force successfully tracing 99% of people alive in the last four years, a watchdog has said.
Scotland’s national police service was so effective, a report found, that forces from across the world want to learn how they do it.
The report, by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS), said Police Scotland conducted 16,236 missing person investigations between April 2023 and April this year 24.
Figures in the report, show that over the last four years, of all people who went missing – of which 60% were aged under 18 – more than 99% were traced alive.
Police Scotland’s response in finding missing people is “robust and effective” with the force successfully tracing 99% of people alive in the last four years, a watchdog has said.
Scotland’s national police service was so effective, a report found, that forces from across the world want to learn how they do it.
The report, by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS), said Police Scotland conducted 16,236 missing person investigations between April 2023 and April this year 24.
Figures in the report, show that over the last four years, of all people who went missing – of which 60% were aged under 18 – more than 99% were traced alive.
