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UK: Missing children failed by police, inspectors say


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Missing children failed by police, inspectors say

LONDON: -- Children in England and Wales who go missing are being left at risk of serious harm because of "unacceptable inconsistencies" in the way police respond, the police watchdog has said.

Nearly 67,000 children reportedly went missing once or more last year.

Some forces wrongly recorded children as "absent", and saw those who went missing repeatedly as "time-wasters", HM Inspectorate of Constabulary found.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35877810

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-- BBC 2016-03-23

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