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Do Police provide the address and details of a missing person to the person who reported them missing once they are found?

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Do Police provide the address and details of a missing person to the person who reported them missing once they are found?

Police will advise them that the missing person has been located. However, police have no obligation to disclose the whereabouts of the missing person, and will only do so in certain circumstances, and with the approval of the missing person.

In the case of a located missing child, information and decisions regarding their circumstances and their location may be made in consultation with other relevant agencies.