Impact of COVID-19 on resolving missing person cases

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Dear Sussex Police,
Dear City of London Police,

I am a third-year Undergraduate and am conducting my Major Project on whether COVID-19 has impacted the police in resolving missing person cases. I would be grateful if you could provide me with the answers to my questions below.

I am looking at 2019, 2020 and 2021 data and would appreciate it if you could provide the data for each separate year.

Missing persons
1. How many persons were reported missing during 2019, 2020, 2021? what percentage were Men, Women and Children?
(please provide data for each individual year)
2. How many of the reported missing person cases were resolved (person found) during 2019, 2020, 2021?
(please provide data for each individual year)

Resolved cases
1. How many cases were resolved within the first month, within three months, within six months and within nine months from the date they were reported missing during 2019, 2020, 2021
(please provide data for each individual year)

Staff absences
1. How many Police Officers were reported absent due to sickness NOT relating to COVID-19 during 2019, 2020, 2021
(please provide data for each individual year)
2. How many Police Officers were absent due to self-isolation relating to COVID-19 during 2020, 2021
(please provide data for each individual year)
3. How many Police Staff were absent due to self-isolation relating to COVID-19 during 2020, 2021
(please provide data for each individual year)

Should you not be able to provide all the data for the time periods as requested, I would be grateful if you could provide me with as much data as possible to answer these questions and any further data which you may consider to be useful.

Yours faithfully,

Kerry Thomas

Sussex Police

Date: 12/01/22

 

Our Ref: FOI 127/22

 

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FOI REF 127/22

 

Dear Kerry Thomas,

 

Freedom of Information

 

I refer to your request for information which may be held by Sussex
Police.

 

Please find enclosed letter.

 

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Information Access Officer

DPU, 3rd Floor Pevensey Block

Sussex Police HQ

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