SPS will start an investigation right away. To help better understand the situation, our officers may ask the following:

• Age
• Physical description of the individual
• Physical health, or mental health
• Emotional state
• Lifestyle factors   
• Circumstances
• Prior Involvement with police

Finding the missing person safe and well is our primary concern. We will also be sure to keep you informed and give you information about available support or resources.

You or the family of the missing person will be consulted before releasing information or photographs of the missing person to the media or on social media. There may be rare exceptions to this, but only if it would affect the investigation or put the missing person at risk.

Our files are never closed until a missing person has been located and their identity has been confirmed.

A person whose location is unknown and who might be:

• in need of assistance to be reunited with their family, or returned home;
• the victim of an offence;
• in critical need of medical attention;
• mentally impaired and unable to care for themselves;
• a danger to their own safety or that of others;
• a runaway or AWOC (absent without consent).

A person whose location is unknown and who might be:

• in need of assistance to be reunited with his/her family, or to return home;
• the victim of an offence;
• in critical need of medical attention;
• mentally impaired and unable to care for himself/herself or who might pose a danger to his/her safety or to that of others;
• a runaway or AWOC (absent without consent).

Be prepared to answer questions and provide information or items to investigators if they ask, such as a photographs.

If the missing person contacts you or returns home, or if you find new information that could help with the investigation, please update police as soon as possible.

Yes. Just like any other missing person, please call the police and tell them that you need to report someone as missing. The call taker will guide you through the rest of the process.