How long will it take the police to find a person?

The police station looks for someone to see the complexity of the case. Simple and uncomplicated, people can usually find people within a few working days. Complex cases, some need three to five months, and some even last for years. This is a situation in which technology was underdeveloped before. Now that technology is developed, it can be found in a few working days. With advanced positioning instruments, you can find the person you need to find within a certain range, so it won't take long.

How long can I call the police if I can't contact the other party?

1. Generally speaking, the time limit for reporting missing persons is 24 hours. According to the situation, you can report the missing person to the criminal police team in the place where the missing person is registered or the public security organ in the missing place. After accepting a case, the public security organ shall decide whether to file a case according to the reconnaissance situation.

2. In any of the following circumstances, you can report to the public security organ at any time: if there is evidence that the other party may be in danger of personal safety or may be infringed, you can report to the public security organ at any time; Mental patients or mentally retarded persons without or with limited capacity for civil conduct may report to the public security organ for the record at any time; The parties to the accident report to the public security organ at any time.

Legal basis:

Procedures for handling criminal cases by public security organs

Article 175

After accepting a case, the public security organ shall, after examination, consider that the criminal facts that need to be investigated for criminal responsibility belong to its own jurisdiction, and shall file a case with the approval of the person in charge of the public security organ at or above the county level; If it is considered that there are no criminal facts, or the criminal facts are obviously minor and need not be investigated for criminal responsibility, or there are other circumstances in which criminal responsibility is not investigated according to law, the case shall not be filed with the approval of the person in charge of the public security organ at or above the county level. If a complainant decides not to file a case, the public security organ shall make a notice of not filing a case and serve it on the complainant within three days.