National Missing Persons Coordination Centre

The National Missing Persons Coordination Centre is funded by the Australian Government. Its mission is to coordinate and promote a national integrated approach to reduce the incidence and impact of missing persons and to educate the broader community to the significance of the missing persons phenomena.

The NMPCC works in partnership with law enforcement, Commonwealth and state government agencies, search organisations and the community. A coordinated approach means that each agency's role is clearly articulated. This prevents duplication of effort and leads to effective referral, informed decision-making and better utilisation of resources for all agencies.

The National Missing Persons Coordination Centre:

recognises and protects the dignity, confidentiality and privacy of missing persons, victims and others involved
asserts the importance to family and friends of locating missing persons and the significance of this as an issue for the community
maintains its integrity by having an advisory committee of organisations and individuals who are working in the community interest on a not-for-profit basis
responds equally in all cases without prejudice or discrimination
works in consultation and partnerships with the Australian Police Services and the community to deliver the best possible service
recognises and respects the ownership and confidentiality or information provided by the Australian Police jurisdictions and other agencies.

National committees

The National Missing Persons Coordination Centre convenes two national committees:

The Police Consultative Group on Missing Persons (PCGMP) which consists of police representatives from all missing persons units around Australia and works to standardise and improve police response to reported missing persons.
The National Advisory Committee on Missing Persons (NACMP) which brings together representatives from police services and various non-government tracing services such as the Salvation Army, Australian Red Cross, International Social Service (Australia) and other missing persons services and groups. The NACMP is an advisory committee which aims to raise public awareness of, and provide advice to Government on missing persons issues. It also strives to relieve the tangible and intangible trauma felt by the families and friends of the missing.