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Under Pressure

The findings in this important research on the impact of police cuts on missing investigations by Detective Chief Superintendent Mark Greenhalgh, are seen first hand by our volunteers who witness the tremendous pressure police teams face.

In this study nearly 75% (n=268) of those investigating missing person cases felt that:

“It is only a matter of time before a missing person is harmed due to lack of resources available. High risk missing people do and always have been a priority and are given the resources required - it's the medium/low risk investigations that drop off the side”.

This represents over 200,000 missing person cases every year.

With so many cases, building a community capability to help review cases and ensure all that can be done is being done, is critical to help both police and families.

Over the last two years our entire team have dedicated their own time to gradually build the largest team of community volunteers directly supporting cold case investigations in the UK.

This weekend our OSINT teams supplied information for two police forces with regard long term missing, and for the identity of a person found dead several decades ago. Last week another team successfully supported a family of missing person from the 1980's by making a legal application for an exhumation in France, for DNA comparison.

The pressure on police may mean some long term cases do not get the resources they deserve.

Demand has always created pressure in this area of work and is one where police and communities can work together on practical solutions.

The study provides an in depth insight with regard to the impact of police cuts.

Follow the link for the full report:

https://lnkd.in/d4PkvJQ2