The majority of vulnerable missing persons in Singapore are located within the first day of being reported missing, according to Minister K Shanmugam. Police receive around 1,300 missing person reports annually and prioritize cases involving young children, the elderly, and individuals with intellectual disabilities. The SG Alert system is reserved for life-threatening emergencies to maintain public responsiveness.
Large majority of vulnerable missing persons are found within the day Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam said in a written parliamentary reply to MP Fadli Fawzi that the majority of missing vulnerable persons are found within the day.
The police received about 1,300 reports of missing persons annually between 2021 and 2025, with the majority of vulnerable missing persons found within the day, said Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam. Shanmugam, who is also Coordinating Minister for National Security, was responding to a parliamentary question by MP Fadli Fawzi , who asked how many missing persons have been reported since 2021 and the number of such persons who were found within a month.to send location-based notification of missing persons to mobile phone users in the vicinity of where they were last seen.
In his written reply, Shanmugam said the police do not track the time taken to locate a missing person as this can vary significantly from case to case. He added that the police will accord priority to vulnerable missing persons, including young children, elderly persons and persons with intellectual disabilities. Turning to the use of SG Alert, Shanmugam reiterated that the system is designed to expeditiously alert the public to time-sensitive and life-threatening emergencies.
"When the public receives a SG Alert, it is to trigger to them to immediately take protective and life-preserving actions," he said. The minister cautioned that "frequent and overuse" of the system for a wide variety of scenarios may instead desensitise the public to its alerts and the sense of urgency it should be associated with. He assured the MP that the police have well-established procedures to locate missing persons, including appealing for information from the public where appropriate. ]
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