“All-time high” number of missing persons reports filed in Winnipeg in 2015

By Lauren McNabb Global News

Posted March 11, 2016 2:53 pm

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The missing persons unit with the WPS saw a 29 percent spike in missing persons incidents in 2015. File / Global News

WINNIPEG — A record number of missing persons reports were made to the Winnipeg Police Service in 2015.

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Missing persons reports jumped 29 per cent from 2014, leading to an ‘all-time high’ of 8,894 incidents made to the WPS.

A majority of the cases were chronic, with 85 per cent of missing persons reports from CFS facilities.

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