WARREN COUNTY, Ky. – When the alert goes out that a person is missing, authorities are asking the community for their help in locating the missing person. But what can the public do to help, and what is doing too much that you might be interfering with their search?

Warren County sheriff Brett Hightower says that arriving to the scene could cause problems for law enforcement in the search as by the time of the alert, possibly dozens of first responders are already busy on scene.

“We’re not asking people to come to the scene and help us, because typically when we get there, we’re also getting volunteer fire, fire, other law enforcement agencies to come help. So usually we have anywhere from 15 to 25 folks pretty quickly in the general vicinity,” Hightower said.

But time is of the essence

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