Actions taken following missing person’s report - Essex Police, March 2018

On 25 January 2018 a woman called Essex Police to report that her son was missing. The incident was graded as a no-risk missing person as the son was a young adult and there were no warning markers. Police made some enquiries, including checking local hospitals, circulating details via local airwaves and informing CCTV of the young man’s description, Officers were sent to the home of the person he was believed to be with, but there was no reply. They also went to his home and spoke to his mother, who said she had no concerns he would harm himself, but wanted to know where he was. After a risk assessment the incident was closed the next day. In the weeks that followed, Essex Police received several more reports regarding concern around the young man. As it was considered that no new information had come to light and there were …