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”