Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children

The Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children is comprised of two distinct yet supportive Centres: the National Child Exploitation Centre (NCECC) and National Missing Children Services (NMCS). These Centres work together to provide investigative assistance to local, municipal, regional, national and international policing partners. As well, the NCECC and NMCS work together with non-government, government, and industry partners who are dedicated to assisting youth. We are committed to reducing the vulnerability and exploitation of children by identifying victimized children; investigating and assisting in the prosecution of offenders; and, strengthening the capacity of municipal, territorial, provincial, federal, and international policing partners through training, education, and investigative support.

National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre

The Internet has changed the way child sexual exploitation offences are committed, investigated and prosecuted. The National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre, an integral part of Canada’s National Police Services, was created in response to the recognition of the growing and disturbing crime of Internet-facilitated child sexual exploitation.

National Missing Children Services

National Missing Children Services is a national service created to assist law enforcement agencies in the investigation, location, and return of a missing child to their parent(s) or legal guardian(s). It also provides information and assistance to non-profit agencies and parents with respect to missing children.

The National Police Support Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains

The National Police Support Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains will soon be created to deal with missing persons and unidentified remains cases on a national level.  This coordinated approach will enable law enforcement to capture data on missing and unidentified remains in one central database.

This initiative is comprised of three key components which include:

• A police support centre for missing persons tasked with information sharing and training for all Canadian police agencies.
• An enhancement to CPIC by providing additional fields to include additional pertinent data on missing persons and unidentified remains cases.
• The development of a national public access website to provide information to the public for the purposes of seeking tips on missing persons cases.