Missing Child

If Your Child is Missing

  • Immediately report your child missing to local law enforcement by calling 9-1-1. There is no 24-hour rule.
  • Limit access to your home until law enforcement officials have arrived
  • Give law enforcement officers your child’s Identification Kit, if you have one

Safety Tips for Children

  • Remind them not to talk to strangers
  • Be sure your child knows his or her full name, address and phone number
  • Know where your child is and who he or she is with at all times
  • Set boundaries for places children may go
  • Children should always tell parents when they’re leaving a location or neighborhood
  • Stress the importance of the “buddy system”