Reporting Missing Person

People experiences will be different and here are some stories of what people went through when they reported their loved one different by city. Even by city, there can be a different police culture.

Camarillo

Libby

In my experience, I found it was difficult about seven years ago when my loved one went missing in New Mexico. Every time the police would locate him in New Mexico he would be taken off the missing person list. So, I would have him reported again. The Camarillo Police were not happy and once convinced me to have him listed on BOLO (Be On the LookOut). The problem with that according to _______ is that if he is found deceased then they would not match a BOLO report with the deceased. I found out that you should always ask for proof of life. I finally found my loved one in Arizona and was able to drive him back.

Fast forward to 2021 and I waited two days to report my loved one missing because I didn't want the police to give me a hard time. When the officer came to do the report, they had already located them. Officer M. said my loved one was found at Ventura County Medical Center. He was found near the highway exhausted. He had walked from Camarillo to _________ and couldn't go on further. When I told Officer M. that I waited because of my last experience. He told me that there has been a change to policies to taking missing reports on the mentally ill has changed and never to hesitate to report someone missing. The sooner they are reported the more likely chance they will be found. He gave me an update on my brother and told me he was okay. Officer M. was very nice and caring. I wish I had known the was a change on the Police Department's view on reporting someone with a mental illness because by the time I had contacted my loved one's case worker and they went to hospital he had been discharged. A day later he showed up at my door.

Fillmore

Ojai

Oxnard

Port Hueneme

Santa Paula

Thousand Oaks

Ventura