CFA Standards Manual Fourth Edition - Okaloosa County Sheriff's ...

Standard18.14 M A directive establishes procedures to be used wheninvestigating missing children and missing adultreports following the guidelines outlined in FloridaStatutes. The policy must ensure that casesinvolving missing children and adults areinvestigated promptly using appropriate resources,and must include at a minimum:A. Requirements for accepting missing child andmissing adult reports;B. Requirement for entry into FCIC/NCIC within twohours of receipt of the report;C. Procedures for initiating, maintaining, closing, orreferring a missing child or missing adultinvestigation;D. Standards for maintaining and clearing computerdata of information concerning a missing child ormissing adult which is stored in the FCIC and theNCIC, to include a monthly review of each case anda determination of whether the case should bemaintained in the database; andE. Requirement that when a person has been reportedmissing and has not been located within 30 days, theagency will request the family or next of kin toprovide written consent to contact the dentist of themissing person and request that person’s dentalrecords for inclusion in the NCIC Dental File; andF. Requirement to attempt to obtain a biologicalspecimen for DNA analysis within 90 days if themissing person has not been located.QtyCompliance keysQty reaccredinitialWritten directive addressing1 1elements of the standard.ReviewmethodsIIIIIIIAssessor GuidelinesAccreditation Manager NotesRefer to Florida Statutes 937.021 and937.031.CFA 3.0 – NoneComparative complianceChange notice 4.0.19 07/01/2010Change notice 4.0.21 02/03/2011Change notice 4.0.22 06/30/1118:11June 2012