Sorry, but it is not possible to undertake any new missing person investigations.
On 9th May, my book, Missing, will be published. It is the story of my life and how it was changed forever by a missing person case that went wrong.
Charlie Hedges MBE is acknowledged as one of the UK’s foremost experts on missing persons, particularly children and those who are abducted and trafficked. During a career spanning nearly four decades, he has helped to shape policy and strategy in this area, working for the National Crime Agency, Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre, and UK police forces. A sought-after media commentator who has been at the centre of some of the most high profile cases of recent times, he now offers a range of specialist consultancy and advisory services through his company, Charlie Hedges Advisory.
To find out more about how Charlie Hedges Advisory could help you, please see the information on this website, or get in touch for a discussion.
Charlie Hedges Advisory 
Railwaychildren are proud to be working with Charlie Hedges on a number of initiatives with regards to missing children and young people. His skills and expierince are matched by no one
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It would be good to speak to you. I am interested in your work.
Best regards
Julia Bell
julialouisebell@gmail.com
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currently reading your book! I’m hoping to look for missing people in the future and I’m hopefully going to university this year if my grades are good and I’m not sure where to start my career in missing people
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Hello Hattie. It is good to hear that you are want to follow a career in missing. It is a very rewarding and challenging subject and there are various options to follow. Policing is probably the least direct one, unless you join in a relevant civilian role, with the need to work through the basics of policing before looking for a specialist role in missing. Other options would be research or working with a charity that supports missing people. If you are in the UK, more universities now have courses and departments relating to missing persons that could be of interest to you with regard to your degree.
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Fantastic read and what an inspirational life and career, after reading this book it has made me want to bring this into my line of work with missing veterans. This is now something that i have the pleasure of doing and Charlie has a been an amazing support 🙂
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Thank you Vicki and we will see what we can do to get the Forcer Protocol in place in your area.
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Hi Charlie, my best friend son has been missing for 26 days now. He went missing from the Banknock area near Falkirk in Scotland. His name is Cole Cooper. It has been on most news channels this week. Despite police and community searching there are no leads whatsoever. Could you give me any advice as to what we should do next? He is just 19 years old. Thank you
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Hi Tracey
This is such a difficult situation for the family and those who know Cole. Anything that is done, should be with the knowledge and consent of the family. I will message you directly.
Charlie
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