What to do if a child is missing. What to do if a child is lost. A thoughtless act: what to do if the child himself left home

This is the worst thing that every parent can imagine, but still you need to be prepared for this so that later you don’t panic, don’t shed tears and firmly know what to do ...

If the child has not returned from a walk

1. The first thing to do is suppress your emotions and calm down. Tears will not help here, and there is no time for tantrums.
2. Look at the clock, set the exact time range when the child went missing. Check with the child's schedule (circles, sections, etc.).
3. Check cabinets and shelves where the child's personal items are located. Perhaps he deliberately left and took something with him.
4. Call (go around) everyone who might know something about where the child went. These can be friends of the baby, acquaintances, people walking near the entrance (in the yard), etc.
5. Go around all the places where the child can walk: favorite playgrounds, favorite places to play, the nearest shops ...
6. Contact the police within an hour after the disappearance of the child. Write a statement, attach a photo (preferably one of the latest). Describe all the details of appearance and clothing to the smallest detail. Know: the police have no right to refuse to accept such a statement! Request a registration number and write down the name of the employee who accepted the application.
7. Try to remember the last few weeks - maybe the child began to communicate, call up someone strange, or maybe his behavior has changed? How much did he sit in social networks, what was his social circle in recent days? This will help you navigate your search.
8. If your child has a phone with them, contact their mobile operator and ask for a printout of recent calls.
9. Expand your search options, connect everyone you can: friends, acquaintances, peers of the child, volunteers. Together notify people about the loss of the baby through all kinds of Internet sites, forums.
10. Call (or have someone call) hospitals, ambulances. Perhaps they know something.
11. Put up announcements on poles and porches, with accurate information (description) about the child and his photograph. Most of these ads should be hung in areas where the baby can walk.
12. If this happened outside the city, divide the area into squares, divide it among everyone who is connected to the search, move in a chain, periodically call the missing person. If there are bodies of water nearby, ask divers to explore them.
13. Contact the media (television, newspaper, radio) with a request to advertise.
14. Ask for help from cynologists. A specially trained dog by smell can determine where the child has gone.

If a child goes missing in a public place

1. Keep calm. Don't lose control of your emotions.
2. Contact the administrator, security guard of the store, supermarket, theater, etc. of the public place where the child was lost.
3. Ask to view the cameras and announce through the loudspeaker that you are looking for a child, and designate a meeting place. Call 112 and report your problem. You will be transferred to the nearest police station.
4. Next - follow the instructions in paragraph 6 of the previous section.

If a child goes missing on public transport

1. Keep calm.
2. Shout loudly and call him so that the child can hear you in the crowd.
3. Drive to the next station - perhaps the baby missed his stop and went to the next one.
4. If you do not find a child at the next station, return to yours, go to the duty officer, the dispatcher of the station, station and report your problem.
5. Call 112 to be connected with the appropriate organization (ATC officer in charge of this transport line).

Make sure in advance that the child can always return home: so that he knows by heart the address and full name, phone numbers of the parents (if he cannot remember something, put it in clothes or sew a card with all the information). It is good if the baby will have a phone with a connected GPS. Discuss with him in advance all the points: who to contact in case of emergency and where to wait!

What to do and where to go if a child is missing?

The idea to devote a special day to the problem of missing children was born in America after a six-year-old American boy disappeared on the way from school on May 25, 1979. Evian Pates. 4 years later, President Reagan declared May 25 the Day of Finding Missing Children, and then Europe also supported the American initiative.

In Russia, the search for missing children is usually carried out by police officers - in addition, of course, to the child's family. What to do if the child is lost or did not return home from a walk? How to search for a missing child, who to contact? The answers to these questions are in the AiF.ru memo.

What to do if the child does not come home?

What to do if the child is lost in the trading floor, at the station, etc.?

• Contact the security service of this building (or organization).
• Ask the administrator to announce that you are expecting a child at the exit or at a specific point.
• Check the places you have recently been with your child.
• If the child is not found, contact the police. In the application, describe in detail his external signs and clothing.
• Continue your own search after contacting the police.

If the child is lost in transport?

Report it to the duty officer of the station, metro station, bus station, linear ATC officer on transport or call the Emergency Service. Call from a mobile phone through number 112.

How to ensure the safety of the child?

If the child left home without parents, he must leave a note where and with whom he is going and when he will return, and also leave a phone number to contact him. Teach your child that if he is late, he should call his parents and warn about it.

Buy a mobile phone for your child and write down your numbers, the phone number of your older brother or sister, neighbors. There are phone models that can only dial numbers from hot programmed buttons. Pros - the child will not be able to make unnecessary calls, and he does not need to memorize the phone numbers of his parents.

Ask your child to contact you regularly, and at the same time connect the subscriber's location function with the telecom operator. This will give you the opportunity to track its movement in almost real time.

Also, do not be too lazy to get acquainted with his friends and their parents, as well as with school teachers, leaders of sections and circles that he attends. Write down their contacts!

Make sure your child knows his or her full name, address, and how to reach you by phone.

How to write a statement about the disappearance of a child?

In the statement to the police, fully indicate the last name, patronymic, date of birth of the missing child.

Describe in detail the circumstances of his disappearance.

According to statistics, about 70 thousand people go missing in the country every year, a third of them are children. It is a big mistake to assume that babies are lost only from dysfunctional families. This is absolutely not true. It may take a couple of seconds to lose sight of the child. Not a single even the most attentive parent, alas, is immune from this.

Today we will tell you what measures to take in this situation. Remember, the first day is the most important in finding children, so you need to act quickly and decisively.

Every minute counts: what to do if a child is lost

Did you get distracted for a while and find that the child is not around?

Actions should be as follows:

• If you are in a building, such as a shopping mall, make a missing child announcement over the loudspeaker. Tell the age of the baby, special signs, what he was wearing. In addition, appoint a meeting place, there is an option that the child is still in the building and hears you;
• Be sure to check the toilets, often the kids hide there;
• Notify the security of the complex about what happened, connect them to the search inside the building;
• If the child is lost on the street, ask passers-by, perhaps someone saw the baby and indicate the direction in which he left;
• If the search for an hour did not yield results, you do not need to wait and rely on your own strength. Be sure to go to the nearest police station. According to the law, the authorities can start a search within a day after the loss, but they must accept the application immediately;
• If the child has a phone, be sure to report this to the police, the employees will contact the mobile operator and find out the location of the baby;
• Do not rely only on law enforcement agencies, start your search. To get started, call the child's acquaintances, find out if they have him;
• You can attract volunteers who are looking for missing children;
• At the same time, it is worth making leaflets with a photo of the baby and his signs, sticking them up in your own and nearby areas;
• Remember, you cannot stop searching at night, in these situations every minute is important;
• At the end of the day, the print media and television should be involved in the problem.

Procrastination, indecisive actions of parents within 24 hours after the disappearance of babies can lead to tragic consequences. The statistics are not comforting, if the child was not found in the first 3 days, there is very little chance of a favorable outcome.

A thoughtless act: what if the child himself left home?

There are situations when children intentionally leave home. There can be many reasons: a quarrel with parents, a bad mark at school, depression and much more. In these cases, as a rule, children leave notes or messages on social networks.

How to act as a parent:

• Be sure to call the child's close friends, they may know where he may be;
• Notify teachers;
• Call the mobile operator, using the SIM card it will be possible to determine the location of the child;
• File a police report. Be sure to report if the child had a depressive state, and there were suicide attempts. In this case, the authorities will expand the scope of the search, bridges and roofs of houses will be especially carefully examined.

After the child is found, it is very important not to scold him, but to calmly clarify the situation. Understand the reason why the child left home. If you cannot cope on your own, seek the help of a psychologist.

1. Try to control yourself and don't panic. Every detail or word that you remember will help your search in the future. Any information that preceded the disappearance of a child is extremely important. This and how the ill-fated day began, what the missing person did, what he talked about before leaving, where he was going, whether he was there and what time he left.

2. Immediately begin calling people you know or know who you think might know about your child's plans. Personally go around the houses where friends and relatives live, where your child may have stayed. Interview the child's friends for information about the teenager's intentions and plans.

3. Try to find out where your child was last seen, without waiting for the help of the police, inspect the gathering places of local youth, sports and playgrounds, garages, the nearest forest park located near your home.

4. Call the Accident Registry, Ambulance Information, Hospitals and report the incident. Be as specific as possible about your child's special features and describe the clothes they were wearing before the disappearance.

5. Submit a statement to the duty officer of the police department about the missing child at the place of his disappearance. Be sure to require registration of the application and bring with you the last photo of the missing person.

6. Tell the district commissioner or police officer who will be looking for the child, all the information about the missing person. Try to calmly answer all the questions that the police will ask you, even if they seem strange to you. Keep in mind that for an effective search, it is the primary, absolutely accurate information that can be decisive in the search.

7. Do not hide from the police information about your child's suspicious friends, bad habits, as well as conflicts between the missing person and you at school. Remember the smallest details, was the missing person upset or frightened by something, and whether his behavior in recent days seemed strange to you.

8. If you thought you saw a person who you think may be involved in the disappearance of a child, tell the police officer about him and try to describe him in detail.

9. Try to involve as many of your friends, acquaintances and colleagues as possible in the search for the child.

10. After consulting with the police, post information about the incident on the Internet or other media.

11. If a child is missing outside the city or in the forest, organize as many people as possible to search for him, including forestry workers and rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Do not stop searching even at night.

12. If there is a body of water nearby, it is necessary that divers examine it.

13. If a witness is found who will tell that he saw the child, then be sure to take his detailed home address and phone number.

14. Remember if there were any strange calls in recent days, did you notice that the child did not want to answer the phone.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs notes that "minors most often leave home because of domestic quarrels with parents, friends, because of conflicts that have arisen in the educational environment, or simply because of a "childish" desire to travel."

Such fugitives return home after a while on their own, fraying the nerves of parents and the police. Subsequently, they are put on a special register as prone to leaving home.

According to statistics, about 2,000 people go missing in Moscow every year, most of whom find themselves within a few days. Only 10% of the missing become objects of criminal activity.

All cases of missing children are always put on special account.

The police have been searching for the missing for 15 years, and the search for people who have lost contact with relatives (the person left another city, informing his relatives about it, but did not return on time), is carried out for ten years.

According to the law, the missing person is put on the wanted list 3 days after the application is submitted, but in cases with young children, search actions begin immediately.

Have you lost a child? What should be done in such a situation in the first place, and how to prevent it?

The experience of many fathers and mothers shows that most often children get lost in crowded places: in transport, at railway stations, in large shopping centers. Parents are simply not able to control every step of their baby, while doing something important at the same time: issuing tickets, paving the way in the crowd or paying at the checkout. The thirst for interesting things overcomes any fear in the little fidget, and now he is already exploring new territory, and the poor mother is rushing around in search of her beloved baby.

And sometimes adults note with amazement the appearance of such a “game” in the baby’s arsenal: as soon as you release his palm, the little robber runs away! And try to catch up! Therefore, the very first rule and the only reliable way not to lose a child in crowded places is hold him tightly by the hand or carry him in your arms if he is very small. The main thing is that the child does not leave the zone of tactile contact for a second. In addition, from the age of 3, the baby is able to remember his name, surname and age (at least show on his fingers) - memorize this data with him.

It is also necessary to try to memorize your address, and until then, not only put your business card in the pocket of the crumbs, but also make marks on children's clothes with indelible ink. In a supermarket, it is most convenient to put very young children in a grocery cart, an older child can be assigned to a playroom for a while (if this service is available).

Another option is to involve the baby in a fun game: you choose products, and he puts them in a trolley, at the checkout you put everything in bags together. The main thing is to constantly keep the conversation going, do not let the little buyer get bored and look for entertainment somewhere aside.

Let's take care in advance

With an older child, it will not be superfluous to work out a “especially important” plan of action in case he suddenly realizes that he has lagged behind his parents. If you are going to travel by public transport, prepare the baby in advance - tell in detail about the actions that you will need to perform (buy a ticket, go through control, take your seats, etc.). Make the baby an active participant in the whole event - this will not let him get carried away with something extraneous and fall behind you.

No less cases of loss occur on a walk. At the same time, it is worth noting that one-year-old babies are less likely to get lost - you must admit, a rare adult will let go of the hand of such a baby on a busy street or in another place dangerous for a child. The baby has just begun to walk, and the parents are not yet accustomed to his even minimal independence.

But starting from 2.5-3 years of age, the risk of getting lost in a baby increases. Parents begin to notice that their daughter or son is quite capable of following them on the street or in the park, is aware of the danger of many objects and phenomena, and returns to the adult at his request. But here it is important to understand: the child still does not know much, and you should not rely too much on his prudence!

Remember: leaving a child under the age of 5 alone, unattended, on the street is extremely dangerous! The question of who will walk with the baby or look after him outside the home must be resolved. If the child is already ready to take independent walks, make sure that he is surrounded by peers on the street, make friends with them, treat them with sweets, ask about their affairs and set them up so that they, as far as possible, are together all the time, follow , so that no one offends them, do not remain alone with strangers, be sure to call for help if they see that one of the children is being taken away by strangers.

In your yard, try to get to know its regulars, as a rule, these are grandmothers on benches. Establish contact with them, ask about their health, provide them with some small favors on occasion, tell them about yourself, your child. And in difficult times, they will be ready to help as much as they can.

Rules of conduct for a child

One of the main tasks of parents is to teach the child protective behavior. This should take into account the age of the child. Teachers say that the level of understanding and awareness of the danger of being left alone (getting lost) is very different in children 2-3, 4-5 and 6 years old.

Children 2-3 years old one can and should learn to express one's thoughts and feelings in such a way that people can understand them accurately enough. A child who can express his concerns and knows that we are ready to understand and protect him is safer than others of his age. At this age, the world of fairy tales is already accessible to children. But this is a very deep and powerful tool of education: tell a fairy tale and be sure to explain it - what happened to Kolobok when he left his grandparents, or how Ivanushka did not listen to his sister and turned into a kid, or why you can’t run away from the yard if Geese-swans fly nearby ...

At 4-5 years of age, in addition to fairy tales, you can add games with simple and clear behavior algorithms. These schemes should be repeated every time in the same way, but situations should be changed and complicated.

From 6 years old it is already necessary to directly and carefully talk with children about the risks that a small person is exposed to without adult care. Talk about how people are different: good and evil. Ask if he can tell a good person from an evil one? Does he know cases when one of the adults offended one of the children? Also ask him how he would behave in a given situation?

If it did happen

You searched everywhere, searched every centimeter of the store or site, but the baby is nowhere to be found! What to do?

• Do not waste time - contact the police department at the place of loss (you can also call 02). An application for the disappearance of a minor child in the duty unit must be accepted immediately, regardless of the time that has elapsed since the incident. Messages are received around the clock. The proof that your appeal was not left without attention is the coupon-notification issued on hand about the registration of the application in the Book of Accounts.

The absence of your child's photo at the moment, a short period of time after the disappearance of the child, his disappearance or residence in the territory served by another department of internal affairs, cannot be the basis for refusing to accept the application. Moreover, on the fact of the disappearance of minors, not a search, but a criminal case is always started.

• You should tell the police officers as much as possible about the incident: where, when and under what circumstances the child disappeared. Tell us about where you usually walk, what shops you go to, what kindergarten the child visits and whether his friends live - it is quite possible that he took advantage of his “independence” and went along a familiar route.

Describe in detail the appearance of the baby, his special signs, individual manner of speaking or walking, diseases that he suffers from (if any), blood type, as well as the clothes in which he was. If you assume that the baby is not just lost and lost, but has become a victim of a crime (for example, abduction), do not hide your fears: tell us about suspicious calls or threats that you received, describe strangers who interacted with you or your baby in contact lately. Tune in for a long conversation, especially in terms of drawing up a verbal portrait: this is not a bureaucratic procedure, but a guarantee of an effective search.

• Be prepared for the visit of the investigator, forensic expert and biologist to your home. You will need to provide the most recent photographs of the missing person (if you have not attached them to the application); make sure that they are as reliable as possible - the pose, facial expression and clothing should be normal for the child.

In addition, the baby’s personal belongings may be seized in the apartment for subsequent biological research (a personal comb with several hairs, a toothbrush, a plastic toy or dishes with fingerprints), for an odorological examination (identification of odor traces) or cynological searches (for this purpose, give clothes or an insole from the child’s shoes that he recently wore and which has not yet been washed, did not lie with the things of other family members). But never put it in a plastic bag!

• In all cases, with the exception of abduction, this factor works: the more people who know about the incident and are involved in the search, the better. Contact relatives, friends, acquaintances, security personnel of nearby public institutions, the command of military units located in the area and ask for help. If a child is lost in a forest or near a body of water, notify the local emergency department.

• Strange as it may sound, but be sure to make sure that the police department took your application seriously and began operational work. If employees suggest you “do not rush to file an application”, refuse to initiate a criminal case for any formal reasons, drag out time or behave incorrectly, contact the higher police authorities, the prosecutor’s office of the district (city, region) and local media.

Luckily, "full program" searches are rare, and most children are found alive and well fairly quickly! And the last advice: be extremely attentive to your child, respect his personality, maintain his positive self-esteem, teach confidence, do not forcefully suppress his will, try to always negotiate with him about problem situations. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have enough time for shopping, a perfect manicure, hairdo or watching a series, but you will always be close to your most beloved and dearest baby!

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