Utah Department of Public Safety

Utah Missing Persons Clearinghouse Functions

• Assist in the coordination of investigations of missing persons to include adults and children.

• Entry of all unidentified persons in Utah into the National Crime Information Center.

• Train Law Enforcement and the public on the Utah AMBER alert and the Endangered Missing Advisory.

• Notify Utah Vital statistics of all Utah born missing persons for flagging of birth certificates.

• Maintain the Utah Missing Persons website with information and photos of missing persons and unidetified.

• Coordinate with Law Enforcement nationwide with missing persons and unidentified persons cases.

• Act as an information center producing and distributing bulletins, reports, newsletters, and the findings of research studies.

• Provide a network link to NCIC, FBI, and INTERPOL, for international investigative and information exchange.

• Collect and maintain computerized data and investigative information on missing persons.

• Coordinate with and provide assistance to state and local public and private non-profit agencies including those of other states and the federal government, in the location and recovery of missing persons.

• Establish and operate a statewide, toll-free telephone line for reports of missing persons and reports of sightings of missing persons.

• Provide a uniform reporting and investigation protocol relating to missing persons for law enforcement agencies within the state

• Assist in the training of law enforcement, other professionals, and the public on issues relating to missing persons.