Missing Hiker/Brother

[max patch]

I think what John said was spot on.

[Pedaling Fool]

That is a mean spirited statement John. I do not blame anyone for filing a missing person's report when they believe it is necessary.

Not mean spirited, just a fact; I guess you can call it an "Inconvenient truth"


This is just from one city, but is played out across the country. http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/C...ages/Home.aspx


Excerpts:

Missing Persons

The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Missing Persons Unit Receives more than 3,500 missing persons reports annually. Approximately 70% of those reports involve juveniles between the age of 13 and 17 which also constitute the largest number of habitual runaways. Adults account for the other 30%. On the average in any given year less than 10 reports truly involve foul play. The Unit is currently staffed by five detectives, one investigative technician and one supervisor.

Look at the manning level at the bottom of the list. They just simply have to put many cases on a low priority, hopefully they pick the correct ones, but the more reports they receive the more chances they are going to make mistakes. There are some that say we should cough up money to increase the manning of the missing person unit, but why waste the money on this when less than 10 reports involve foul play. Increasing the manning, i.e., spending more money in this area is rewarding bad behavior and would be a complete waste of funds, something everyone is needing more of.

I for one would rather have the police resources used trying to find a person's loved one and foregoing giving a traffic ticket if they had to make a choice.

That sounds nice on paper and is very touchy/feely, but it's completely naive.