Many citizens also look for the search for the missing children. They are coordinated, facilitated and registered by the Coordination Platform Missing. Spokesperson Teun Hakvoort: “If there is a loss, we are asked by the police to steer everything in the right direction in the field of volunteers.”
“If a citizen wants to come and look, he must register and also put his signature under the rules of what you can and should not do and what you should pay attention to,” Hakvoort continues. Once that happened, every volunteer receives the necessary items. ‘A search stick, all information, a safety vest. And they get a search area with five people, which takes about two hours. Then they can choose whether they go home or if they ask for a new search area. “
What if something is found? “Then they have to take a distance,” says Hakvoort. ‘They are not allowed to take photos and must immediately call the central mail. Then the police take over. “