The Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit in the California Department of Justice assists law enforcement and criminal justice agencies in locating missing persons and identifying unknown live and deceased persons through the comparison of physical characteristics, fingerprints and dental/body X-rays.

Are you prepared if a loved one goes missing? 
Owl – Once Was Lost can help you during the unwanted and unexpected event a loved one is missing or lost.

OWL is a World Wide, Real Time phone application for iOS and Android platforms.

Are you prepared if a loved one goes missing? 
Owl – Once Was Lost can help you during the unwanted and unexpected event a loved one is missing or lost.

OWL is a World Wide, Real Time phone application for iOS and Android platforms.

The National Association For Search And Rescue (NASAR) has been in existence since 1972.  Originally started to represent the State Search and Rescue Coordinators, NASAR grew to represent all SAR volunteers and continues to support the State Search And Rescue Coordinators Committee (SSARCC).  Government agencies and non-profit Search And Rescue Teams use NASAR’s material and certifications to build credentialing programs for their organizations and produce highly skilled searchers that work within their communities and are available for mutual aid regionally and nationally.  

If an individual with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia wanders and becomes lost, caregivers can call the 24-hour emergency response line (1.800.625.3780) to report it.

Silver Alert is an Amber Alert for missing seniors.

Silver Alert is a public notification system in the United States to broadcast information about missing persons – especially seniors with Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia or other mental disabilities – in order to aid in their return.

Silver Alerts use a wide array of media outlets—such as commercial radio stations, television stations, and cable TV—to broadcast information about missing persons. Silver Alerts also use variable-message signs on roadways to alert motorists to be on the lookout for missing seniors. In cases in which a missing person is believed to have gone missing on foot, Silver Alerts have used Reverse 911 or other emergency notification systems to notify nearby residents of the neighborhood surrounding the missing person’s last known location.

Supporters of Silver Alert point to America’s growing elderly population as a reason to support new programs to locate missing seniors. Approximately 6 in 10 dementia victims will wander at least once, health care statistics show, and the numbers are growing worldwide, fueled primarily by Alzheimer’s disease. If not found within 24 hours, up to half of wandering seniors with dementia suffer serious injury or death

The Missing Report was founded for the most part due to the lack of a proper, organized and accomplished websites based solely on reporting missing people in many states/provinces/countries. This is not to say all of them. It was built in an attempt to get missing persons reports seen and shared around the world with the utmost of haste, even if a police report or media release has not yet been published.

The Reno Police Department Missing Persons Unit is responsible for assisting local police agencies in coordinating, investigating and responding to reporting parties on cases involving missing persons, runaway children, and unidentified living or deceased individuals. If you believe that someone you know is missing, please contact the Reno Police Department at (775) 334-COPS (2677) to initiate a missing persons report.