How long can I call the police when my child runs away from home?

Legal analysis: after minors leave home, their families and relatives should call the police in time, and the public security organs should deal with it immediately without waiting for 24 hours. In order to prevent minors from being trafficked by others when they run away from home, they should be dealt with immediately.

Legal basis: Article 240th of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), whoever abducts and sells women and children shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and fined; Under any of the following circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to death and his property shall be confiscated:

(1) The ringleader of a group that abducts and sells women and children;

(2) Abducting and selling more than three women and children;

(3) raping a trafficked woman;

(4) luring or forcing trafficked women to engage in prostitution or selling trafficked women to others for forced prostitution;

(5) Kidnapping women and children by violence, coercion or anesthesia for the purpose of selling.