Manhunt (law enforcement)

Among people search refers to all measures to determine the whereabouts of wanted persons ( suspects, missing witnesses ). Time may be a wanted person already done on site in the backup attack by forces.

Target persons

Target persons are understood people that are tendered by the Prosecutor's Office with the approval of a judge for targeted search.

In the alert for the purpose of the wanted person is given:

1 The arrest serves in turn

• The beginning of imprisonment ( detention or imprisonment ). The person wanted for the purpose of recapture of escaped prisoner is considered legally as an aid to police or prison
• The presentation in court or at the district court physician (each demonstration arrest warrant).

2 The residence determination is

• The identification of witnesses or informants, but only in rare cases and in major crimes, possibly, as a complement of a witness call in the public manhunt
• Conducting a hearing, such as the announcement of a person authorized or
• Police detention missing minors and their transfer to a Kinder-/Jugendzentrum if they are not picked up by their guardians ( can ).

Implementation

A special case of the wanted person is the alarm investigation in the management of emergency situations. It must be a physical description of informants or the like. be known as possible and also an escape direction. In this case the persons are taken not only in the search database, but it will search calls via police radio and targeted search is started (for example, crime scene investigation area ).

Another special case of the wanted person is the target search: the systematic, active search for selected offenders or suspects that are particularly dangerous or committed very serious crimes of violence or economic crimes with high damage totals have ( in Germany: § 98a, § 100a, § 110a Code of Criminal Procedure ). Detectives ask for this purpose on intensive research. Are there concrete clues to the location of the target person, they travel possibly also even in other countries in order to support the local authorities.

The border search is prioritized on the international borders search.

Instruments

Search instruments at wanted persons are the evaluation of the connection data telecommunications, as tracked travel movements ( border control, passenger lists, etc.) as well as the involvement of the public and, where appropriate, the Schengen Information System, also known under the abbreviation SIRENE. Target investigators also use data from other authorities such as employment agencies or employers to hire there research on the target person. Target investigators also invent a pretext for example, to lure the person sought a pretext to the authority of the labor agency to them there then arrest or to determine the location of the requested person. Target investigators working in a team with some over 20 employees. This objective investigation command fixated on only one specific person has been issued for tracing, also called target.

In the prosecution there is also the dragnet ( in Germany: § 163d Code of Criminal Procedure ) and in case of serious offenses, the inspection body according to § 111 Code of Criminal Procedure. The First Attack and serious offenses, the wanted person may be carried out by means of a Dragnet. Are usual: announcements ( radio traffic ), Intranet-/Extranet-Fahndungsaufrufe, Publications (Search Book), etc. Performed she is visually ( patrol, police helicopters), olfactory (police dogs) and communicative by questioning the social environment as well as technical ( localizations, Wiretapping, IMSI catcher, update into the INPOL system).

For those looking to detection THE SERVICE material ( photographs and fingerprint leaves), physical descriptions (eg phantom images and photographs of correctional facilities ) can be taken to help.

The search for things is an object of stolen property ( SF). The people and the stolen property overlap partially, for example, if the people are traveling in a (known) motor vehicle - here is wanted by the vehicle's registration number in order to hold the person.

Kriminalistisch also a comparison of the fingerprints with the AFIS ( Germany ) is useful if the offender is not known.

The public investigation is only allowed under certain conditions, namely when all other means have not wanted it successful. About wanted posters, flyers, press releases or television programs such as file number XY ... unresolved such a public manhunt is possible. It is an important instrument of wanted persons, unless a serious crime, a missing persons case or an unknown dead ( with unnatural causes ) is present - " missing / unknown dead " (VUT ). Here in particular the mass media are turned on in order to reach a wide circle of potential whistleblowers. Further investigation calls are executed by profile, or be visited relevant households.

Non-police manhunt

Also, detectives, bounty hunter or relatives ( eg missing persons cases ) can operate wanted persons; particular individuals or institutions can also offer as a prize rewards for information leading to the arrest / retrieval of the wanted person.