Objectives

• To provide an investigative assistance service to all Canadian and foreign police agencies who request the services of the Registry.
• To assist police and searching agencies to locate, recover and return missing children and youth to their proper guardian.
• To conduct research studies related to missing children and youth issues.
• To analyze and report findings gleaned from the Canadian Police Information Centre and Missing Children's Registry's database on missing children and youth.
• To produce and disseminate information relevant to the missing children and youth issues to police, searching agencies, government, media and the public.

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Our Mandate

• To research, collect and analyse information and national statistical data on missing children.
• To provide law-enforcement agencies with a source to quickly obtain accurate information on the status of any missing child.
• To monitor the CPIC Missing Persons File to request or provide follow-up information and action on missing children investigations.
• To assist law-enforcement agencies and other interested groups and organizations in obtaining information on missing children.
• To facilitate the correlation of information by publishing documents such as national bulletins on missing children.
• To coordinate and exchange information on prevention programs within the Canadian police community and groups searching for missing children.
• To coordinate the Travel/Reunification Program which provides for the return of children abducted in Canada by a parent, using routes established by sponsoring companies.
• To develop unique expertise in the area of missing children such as developing psychological profiling of paedophile and other socially deviant individuals who may be involved in the abduction/kidnapping of children.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Missing Children's Registry; Revenue Canada Customs, International Project Return; Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade are working together to protect abducted children and runaways who are encountered crossing the Canadian/US border. In co-operation with other Canadian and US agencies, and with law enforcement agencies in more than 40 countries, they exchange information and assist each other in finding missing children and reuniting them with their families.

Since 1986, Customs Inspectors and Immigration Officers have recovered over 671 runaway/abducted children in Canada. These officials are on full alert for children who need protection and therefore pay extra attention to children as they enter Canada. A child or youth traveling without proper identification, or in the company of adults other than their legal guardian, may be subjected to a more thorough interview. This additional scrutiny is aimed at ensuring the safety of the child.

• Always carry proper identification for yourself and the child(ren), such as: birth cetificate; citizenship card; passport; baptismal certificate; Record of Landing (IMM1000) or Registered Indian Card.
  
  
• If you have the legal custody of the child(ren), have copies of relevant documents such as: custody rights.
  
  
• If you are not the legal guardian of the child(ren), carry a letter of permission or authorization for you to have custody when entering Canada. A letter would also facilitate entry for any one parent traveling with their child(ren). If possible, this permission should contain contact telephone numbers for the legal quardian or parent.
  
  
• If you are traveling as part of a caravan, be sure that you are in the same vehicle as your child(ren) when you arrive at the border.
  
  
• Have your child(ren) memorize your home and/or office telephone number and teach him/her to reach you in an emergency situation.
  
  

If you are traveling with children and encounter a few or more questions than normal from our Customs Inspectors or Immigration Officers, please be patient. The protection and safety of children is everybody's concern.

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1. STAY CALM. Contact neighbours, friends, spouse, siblings and anyone who may know where your child may be. Invite a friend or acquaintance with a "calm" manner to be with you.

2. Conduct a telephone search. Call family, friends and relatives who may wish to help. Encourage them to use their telephones to make inquiry calls so your line will remian free for incoming calls. If you have to leave the house, have an answering machine on the line or have a friend or neighbour take incoming calls.

3. Have friends and relatives conduct a basic land search of the neighbourhood area while you are making a police occurence report. With family and firends, try to recall the present and past few days of family situations and activities (a recent argument or discipinary action could be the reason for hiding).

4. File a missing child report, if the telephone and land search has not been successful. This report is important as it allows the police to place a description of the child who is missing on the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) computer system so all police forces in Canada will know the child is missing. At the request of the investigating police officer, the child may also be entered on the United States system (NCIC).
Depending on your geographical location, the police may wich to notify border crossing and ferry-rail-airport facilities.

If you suspect parental or non-stranger abduction, provide the police with a photo of the suspected abductor, an address, telephone number and any other pertinent informatin about that person.

5. Provide the police with the information in your prepared Identification Kit. This kit should include updates clear photographs, foot and fingerprints, birth certificate, medical history, passport, dental records, X-rays, child's name and description including location of scars, birthmarks and any other identifiable data (glasses, braces, earrings, ect.). A videotape or a recent home video of the child may be made specifically for the kit.
Try to keep a mental note of what your child is wearing each day.

6. Conduct a complete physical search of your area. Organize a search party of friends and relatives to search areas such as, child's route home from school, community centre, friends house, favourite hang-out ect. Be on the look out for articles of clothing, toys, books other personal belongings scattered on the ground. If found, do not disturb. Contact a police officer immediately.

7. Leave someone at home at all times to answer the telephone in case your child calls.

8. Continue to keep the telephone lines FREE at all times.

9. Contact your provincial searching agency and register the missing child. Searching agencies will provide support and give you suggestions regarding steps that can be taken to assist in the search of your child.

10. Act quicly. This is very important. Try to keep focused on the task at hand, that is, locating the missing child. Ask a suitable friend to provide support for you. Each moment that passes is very important and must be used efficiently.

11. Continue your search even if there are no immediate results. Follow up for updates on the case by contacting the investigating police officer and the provincial searching agency who registered your child.

12. Solicit media support such as radio, television, local publications and newspapers only at the advice of the police and searching agency involved with the case. If you solicit the services of a searching agency the telephone service provided will screen and evaluate calls. It is not advisable to leave or publicize your home or work number or address. Calls and mail can mislead investigations and can be very upsetting to the searching family.

13. Distribute a photograph of the missing child. All police and searching agencies have services available to complete this task. It is important to work coop  [report anonymous abuse]  [ accepted]

This banner links to a page which features missing children from CANADA. Click on the banner to go to follow the link. To add this banner to your site, copy and paste the following text into your HTML:

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This banner links to a page which features missing children from CANADA. Click on the banner to go to follow the link. To add this banner to your site, copy and paste the following text into your HTML:

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SEBASTIAN PAVON CUELLAR, A NEW BORN CHILD WAS KIDNAPPED BY SAMANTHA LOWRY AND TRISTAN NIND, FOLLOWED BY THE MURDER OF HIS GRAND FATHER.

FOLLOW THE EVENTS: http://highcourtofjustice.org/JUSTICE_HEDLEY.html

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