What are the three categories for missing persons?

• A. Disability: physical or mental; Endangered: any age who is missing and in the company of someone who poses a physical threat to the missing person; Juvenile: under 18 and not emancipated
• B. Endangered: any age; Juvenile: under 18; Disability: physical or mental
• C. Disability: mental only; Endangered: any age; Juvenile: under 18
• D. Juvenile: under 18; Endangered: any age; Disability: physical or mental

Answer: (A)

The question tests understanding of the three missing-person categories and what each category means in practice. The best choice defines them as: Disability for someone with a physical or mental disability who goes missing; Endangered for a person of any age who is missing and is in the company of someone who poses a physical threat to them; and Juvenile for someone under 18 who is not emancipated. This framing aligns with how agencies prioritize searches and allocate resources—special attention for those at risk due to disability, and heightened urgency when there’s potential danger from another person, and clear age-based handling for juveniles.

The other options misstate one or more definitions: Endangered is not simply “any age” without the threat element; Disability isn’t limited to mental disability only; and Juvenile is correctly defined only when it notes being under 18 and not emancipated.