I'm a bit behind.
Thoughts from conversations 9.
Sally made the missing persons report at 4pm. On the same day, at 4:37, it was filed. Sally questions how an investigation could have been done in that time- I cant see why that indicated an investigation has been done? Isn't that just Child's filing the notes that he has made from his conversations with Sally? Doesn't sound like he was taking it overly seriously, or correctly recording Sally's information, but it seems logical to me that at 4:37 Child's filed his notes from the "occurrence" he just received from Sally.
Apparently the Salvos said that Marion's identification came from the bank security. I don't think this means a bank security agent, I believe it means that the id was made through bank security processes. In the conversation it is stated that they don't believe the Salvos contacted Marion, that the info came from the police. This may well be right. However, this raises a big issue for me.
In the phone call from the Salvos to Sally's grandfather, it was stated that Marion had said to stop looking for her, and to tell Sally that she is angry about the car. If the Salvo's got all their information from the police, then this means that the police did indeed follow up on Sally's report. This would fit perfectly with the phone call Sally received from the police within a week of making the report, saying that her mother had been located and did not want contact. It sounds like the officer did not sight her, but received enough identifying information from the bank manager to satisfy him that she was indeed the person she said she was. He hasn't recorded it (although in an earlier episode a former officer contacted the team and said this was actually normal, that such info wasn't always recorded). The thing is, even if he did record it, Sally is not entitled legally to that information. It is not about Sally having the right to know, or it being in the public interest. Fact is, if she chose to leave, it doesn't matter how much it sucks, it would be breaking the law to share that file with Sally.
As far as Gary Sheehan saying he cant do more for operational reasons, I imagine his superiors have ordered him to have no further involvement after his depiction so far.
I do hope that Sally is able to learn what has happened to her mum, one way or another. I haven't agreed with all of Bryans opinions so far, however I do agree that it might be legally ok to disappear and leave your family in limbo, but it is not morally right.
Listening to Conversations 10 now.