Last night Malvern Response and Neighbourhood officers were searching for a high risk 16 year old missing girl in Malvern. She was a keen walker up on the Malvern Hills and there were several areas that she was known to frequent. Officers systematically searched key areas of the hills on foot and on two wheels.

The visibility was extremely poor on top of the hills and it was down to officers having a good knowledge of the hills that allowed them to carry out a safe and systematic search. 

She has now been located safe and well.

We received some negative comments recently from a recent social media post of  officers carrying out reassurance patrols on the hills. These patrols are carried out by neighbourhood officers and not by response officers. Our neighbourhood officers being able to get familiar with the various routes and paths on the hills, means that we are able to respond to high risk incidents such as this safely, systematically and quickly.