'We have seen a significant increase in the number of missing people this year to date.'
The number of missing children in West Dunbartonshire has almost doubled year on year, a new police report has suggested.
Councillor Michelle McGinty said: “There seems to be a rise in the number of children that are going missing. A spokesman from Police Scotland said that they were working on a protocol for “looked after children” to try and reduce the number of missing person figures. “At the moment we have got work ongoing to introduce a new looked after children protocol which has been something that has been introduced in other areas across Scotland has been really effective in those areas and the number of missing people has reduced.
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