Missing persons cases have been capturing the attention of so many across the country. Law enforcement never leave a stone unturned while pursuing missing person cases. The men and women in blue who devote their lives to solving these cases, that often turn into crimes, also feel the sadness that families feel when they hit a wall. Detective Marjorie Eloi, who is part of the missing persons unit in the Miami-Dade Police Department, has seen hundreds of missing persons cases come through the department this year. The Miami-Dade Police Department averages about 60 missing persons cases per month. The reports are divided into categories; adults, missing juveniles and runaways.
The policies must ensure that cases involving missing children and adults are investigated promptly using appropriate resources. The standards must require, at a minimum, a monthly review of each case and a determination of whether the case should be maintained in the database. The filing and acceptance of the report imposes the duties specified in this section upon the law enforcement agency receiving the report. This subsection does not preclude a law enforcement agency from accepting a missing child or missing adult report when agency jurisdiction cannot be determined.
The decision to record, report, transmit, display, or release information is discretionary with the agency, employee, individual, or entity receiving the information. The policies must ensure that cases involving missing children and adults are investigated promptly using appropriate resources. The standards must require, at a minimum, a monthly review of each case and a determination of whether the case should be maintained in the database. The filing and acceptance of the report imposes the duties specified in this section upon the law enforcement agency receiving the report.