What breaksFragmentation · Resource Orchestration Failure · Missing escalation · Unclosed Loop
SCN-001Coordination breakdown
A Child Is Missing. Every Minute Counts.
The resources may already exist. The challenge is making the whole system act as one.
ScaleRegional
UrgencyImmediate
Coordination gapExtreme
StakesLife · Public safety
FragmentationResource Orchestration FailureMissing escalationUnclosed Loop
What Koali changes
← Back to the full MosaicKoali maintains one evolving operational case: confirmed facts, uncertainty, search coverage, tasks, available and requested resources, decision gates, owners and escalation conditions. Unfinished requirements remain visible across shifts and agencies.
Who holds part of the picture
family • frontline responders • specialists
Koali response
Koali maintains one evolving operational case: confirmed facts, uncertainty, search coverage, tasks, available and requested resources, decision gates, owners and escalation conditions. Unfinished requirements remain visible across shifts and agencies.
Real-world parallels
- Death of Maëlyne Lugez — Québec coroner public inquiry
- 2020 Nova Scotia mass casualty — Mass Casualty Commission
What success looks like
The relevant state remains visible across handoffs and time. • Responsibilities, unresolved questions and escalation paths are explicit.
Documented parallels show that the failure mechanism is real; they do not claim Koali would have changed a specific outcome.
A Child Is Missing. Every Minute Counts.
The resources may already exist. The challenge is making the whole system act as one.
The problem
A vulnerable child disappears. Family, school staff, patrol officers, investigators, search specialists, maps, behavioural profiles and external agencies may each hold part of the operational picture. The danger is not only lack of effort: search coverage, hypotheses, resource requests and unfinished obligations can fragment while time keeps passing.
What breaks
- Fragmentation
- Resource Orchestration Failure
- Missing Escalation
- Unclosed Loop
Who holds part of the picture
- family
- frontline responders
- specialists
- command
With Koali
Koali maintains one evolving operational case: confirmed facts, uncertainty, search coverage, tasks, available and requested resources, decision gates, owners and escalation conditions. Unfinished requirements remain visible across shifts and agencies.
Human authority
Authorized humans and institutions retain their existing legal, professional and democratic authority. Koali structures knowledge, coordination and traceability; it does not take sovereign or professional decisions.
What success looks like
- The relevant state remains visible across handoffs and time.
- Responsibilities, unresolved questions and escalation paths are explicit.
- The outcome produces reusable memory for the next comparable case.
Real-world parallels
Enquête publique sur le décès de Maëlyne Lugez — Bureau du coroner du Québec
The inquiry examined the search response after a 13-year-old disappeared in Lévis and issued recommendations on search practices and specialized resources.
Relation to scenario: DIRECT
Source: https://www.coroner.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/contenu/Enqu%C3%AAtes_publiques/Ma%C3%ABlyne_Lugez/2025-EP00301-9.pdf
Turning the Tide Together — Mass Casualty Commission, Volume 5
The Commission documented critical-incident communication, public-warning and inter-agency coordination failures during the 2020 Nova Scotia mass casualty.
Relation to scenario: STRONG ANALOGUE
Source: https://masscasualtycommission.ca/files/documents/Turning-the-Tide-Together-Volume-5-Policing.pdf
Boundary
The documented cases illustrate analogous failure mechanisms. They do not establish that Koali would have prevented the event or guaranteed a different outcome.
Koali loop
signals → shared meaning → evidence → choice → responsibility → action → verification → memory → better knowledge