The Herbert Protocol is a national scheme which encourages carers and family members to compile useful key information which could be used in the event of a vulnerable person going missing.

What is the Herbert Protocol?

The Herbert Protocol is a form that carers, family or friends of a vulnerable person, or the person themselves can fill in.

It contains a list of information to help the police if the person goes missing. Keeping a completed form saves the worry of trying to recall the information during the stressful time of someone going missing. It also saves time for the police, allowing the search to start sooner.

The initiative is named after George Herbert, a war veteran of the Normandy landings, who lived with dementia. He died whilst ‘missing’, trying to find his childhood home.

For further information see: https://www.northwales.police.uk/notices/af/herbert-protocol/