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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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Results for missing children (u.s.)
1 results foundAuthor: Larance, Eileen R. Title: Missing Children: DOJ Could Enhance Oversight to Help Ensure That Law Enforcement Agencies Report Cases in a Timely Manner Summary: Missing children who are not found quickly are at an increased risk of victimization. The National Child Search Assistance Act, as amended, requires that within 2 hours of receiving a missing child report, law enforcement agencies (LEAs) enter the report into the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) National Crime Information Center (NCIC), a clearinghouse of information instantly available to LEAs nationwide. DOJ’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS), the CJIS Advisory Policy Board (the Board), and state criminal justice agencies share responsibility for overseeing this requirement. As requested, GAO examined (1) CJIS’s and the Board’s efforts to implement and monitor compliance with the requirement; and (2) selected LEA-reported challenges with timely entry and DOJ’s actions to assist LEAs in addressing them. GAO reviewed documents, such as agency guidelines, and interviewed officials from DOJ, six state criminal justice agencies, and nine LEAs selected in part based on missing children rates. The results are not generalizable to all states and LEAs, but provided insights on this issue. GAO recommends that CJIS and the Board consider establishing minimum standards for states to use to monitor compliance with the 2-hour rule and CJIS and OJJDP use existing mechanisms to obtain and share information on LEA challenges and successful efforts to mitigate them. DOJ concurred. Details: Washington, DC: GAO, 2011. 35p. Source: Internet Resource: GAO 11-444: Accessed July 26, 2011 at: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11444.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11444.pdf Shelf Number: 122165 Keywords: Child WelfareMissing Children (U.S.) |