The Open Missing Persons Database project

General Notes and Questions

Welcome to the open missings persons Archive, this platform will aid to support with the investigations of un-identified body cases and missing persons, there will also be a portal for legal and law enforcement bodies to track cases within a certain period, this platform will allow users to report cases about missing persons, known sightings and provide resources to help such persons within this period to create enough awareness about the cases within this period.

This platform will maintain an archive of all information which is published within its domain, users can query the database to search for current cases, un-resolved and resolved cases, and see if there is a law enforcement handler on any of the cases.

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From our previous meetings we have been able to ascertain some major issues.

First meeting Narrative

So in summary, we agreed on keeping "missing persons" as the name of our project, we'd be building a searchable database for missing people in Nigeria and raise a bit of awareness for each case via social media posts and then give updates as the cases progress. We would also try to reach out to law enforcement agencies and give them access to the database. During development we would be taking a mobile first approach and build towards local multi-language support by @chibuzor_in

Second Meeting Narrative

We ascertained that we would work together with law enforcement to improve tracking and adaptation of the platorm. and that law enforcement will only have branding and or visibility rights to any case. working with any district can allow us trigger alerts to any of their supplied contact information by @say_rah

UI and UX definitive

• Mobile first design layout
• clean interface, san-serif typeface, clean form layouts.

Basic Information Pages

• Home
• about
• team
• contact
• login
• Report Forms
• signup
• Legal Disclaimer
• Footer section with 3-4 widgets

views

• view_report_a_case
• view_missing_person_page
• view_archive
• view_search

Critical sections (hotbuttons)

• Forms
• Signup
• Login
• Report case
• Report sighting
• display archive

Content

• Legal/Content Disclaimer
• Copyright informations
• terms and conditions
• how_to resources

Events

• Triggers to alert any user(law enforcement) who have subscribed to alerts.
• Social media post triggers for each verified submission

Content

• Legal/Content Disclaimer
• Copyright informations
• terms and conditions
• how_to resources

Forms

Search query Form fields

• Gender
• Local Government area
• last seen date range
• name
• age

Signup Forms

• name
• email
• phone
• password

Login Forms

• email
• password

Report a case

• Full name

• Description of missing person

• Age and date of birth

• Address/Street/etc

• Physical Description:

  • Height
  • Build (e.g. thin, medium, large)
  • Ethnic appearance
  • Eye colour
  • Hair colour and style
  • Any glasses or contact lenses worn

• Any distinctive features such as

  • tattoos
  • scars
  • birthmarks
  • other

• Do you have a recent photograph?

• Upload a photograph?

• If the missing person has a mobile phone with them, write down the number and the network

• Does the missing person suffer from any medical condition, including mental health conditions?

• What are the circumstances of this person going missing and where were they last seen?

Information for Legal Agency (to be modified)

• Police officer name and contact number:
• Police reference number:
• Legal reference number:
• Name of organization
• Email
• Mobile number

Report a Sighting

• Name of missing person

• First Name

• Time and date

  • What date did you see the missing person? (dd/mm/yyyy)
  • What time was it when you saw the missing person? (hh:mm)?

• Location

  • Where did you see the missing person?
  • Please be as specific as you can with geographical location.
  • Where did you see the missing person?

• Physical Appearance

  • What did the missing person look like? age, height, build, ethnic appearance, hair colour and style, eye colour, tattoos etc.

• What were they wearing? clothing, jewellery and any belongings that they had with them.

• Circumstances? what were they doing when you saw them? What made you notice them? Were they with anyone?

About you (the reporter)

• First Name
• Surname
• Email Address
• Phone No.
• Address

consent that we we give your name and contact details to the Police?

Third Meeting Narrative

We agreed on letting users regulate content by putting in a report button and letting them 'vouch' for cases where more vouches means a case is more trustworthy. We also decided on restricting ambers alerts to law enforcement officials who will be logged in through special log in info available to every official in a particular branch/department. by @tayoogunbiyi