Title: Describe procedures for investigating missing persons.
Course: Criminal Justice II (15051-II) > Section: Exploring Policing

Description should include

- criteria for reporting missing persons
- required databases
  - National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
  - Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN)
  - National Missing and Unidentified Persons Systems (NamUS)
- types of missing persons cases
  - runaway
  - abduction
  - endangered persons.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the different types of alerts related to missing persons? What are the criteria for each type of alert?
- What are the Fourth Amendment applications to missing persons cases?