Police 'failing to deal appropriately' with children missing from care

Joe Lepper
Friday, March 10, 2017

A charity has called for police forces to improve their handling of missing children cases after it emerged some are inappropriately categorising those who are missing from care as "absent".

Railway Children is concerned about the way some police forces deal with instances of children going missing from care. Picture: Railway Children
Railway Children is concerned about the way some police forces deal with instances of children going missing from care. Picture: Railway Children

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