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This page was last updated 18 April 2019.

There are 4 levels of urgency associated with a missing child incident. The level of urgency determines if a call should be made for South Australian Police (SAPOL) assistance.

The Missing children and young people under guardianship factsheet (PDF, 594.1 KB) provides information on what to do in the event a child is identified as missing.

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