Ontario Provincial Police have announced they are partnering with the Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) to adopt the society’s “rescu” web application to enhance their efforts to locate missing children.
The MCSC rescu tool allows the public to subscribe to Child Search Alerts via SMS for urgent missing children cases in their area, and provides interactive maps of missing children across Canada.
If a child goes missing within OPP jurisdiction, the OPP will collaborate with MCSC to publish details on “rescu” and, if appropriate criteria are met, issue child search alerts. These alerts are only sent to subscribers in the defined search area.
To be eligible for the alert, the child must be under 18 years of age. Alerts are only sent for urgent cases, such as ones involving threats of self harm, drug or alcohol addiction, or risk of serious bodily harm or death.
OPP encourage the public to register for Child Search Alerts and submit any tips that could help.
