The only thing that she would have to be most worried about was someone coming forward themselves without the police coming out to ask for help with a case.
The police would use public appeals to expand the reach of their investigation beyond official resources and to leverage community knowledge while increasing pressure on suspects who knew they were being sought after.
Common situations where they would go that far for an investigation would be missing persons cases, serious crimes with few leads, witness appeals after accidents, assaults or public disturbances, while there would also be cold cases and identifying unidentified persons or property.
Depending on the situation, the police and other forces would issue multiple public appeals every week on their websites, social media accounts and through local media.
For high-profile or urgent cases, appeals could be daily until the matter was resolved.
