Vulnerabilities, Typical Involvement, Common Missing People, Engagement Levels in PI, Barriers

The objectives for this book are to 1. Explore the attitudes of police officers to Prevention Interviews (PI) of adults. 2. Explore the attitudes of police officers to PI of children. 3. Examine whether the PI should be the responsibility of third sector partners. This chapter reveals some results from 34 survey questions, answered by 1,936 police constables, responding on their views for managing the return of repeatedly missing people. The anonymous questionnaire was split into themes, designed to explore the Prevention Interview (PI) with both quantitative and qualitative questions. This chapter reports vulnerabilities for missing people, and if officers changed their minds based on an additional vulnerability; typical involvement of officers in the PI; common missing people they dealt with; engagement levels in PI by the interviewee; barriers to the PI and how to overcome them. Empirical support for a Frustrated-Safeguarder Identity within police culture emerges.