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Child Abduction Response Team (CART) Training | Puerto Rico | January 16-18, 2023
"An excellent training on how to implement and prepare the CART program. I appreciated the step-by-step preparation, and the clear and precise information on building a proper team. CART is an awe-inspiring and impactful program that involves multiple agencies as well as citizens. Excellent!"
"In the event of a missing child, I will be able to provide more assistance because of the skills I learned."
Child Abduction Tabletop Exercise - Live, Virtual Training for Arkansas | January 19, 2023
"The training was excellent and allowed us to see what a real call out would look like and how to break down each step to ensure that we were being on target with using our resources wisely and most effectively."
 
"The interactive feature of the course is amazing. It allows for each agency to share their available resources and methods."
Child Abduction Tabletop Exercise (CATE) in Indian Country | January 10, 2023
"I was appreciative of the knowledge and the way it was projected out to the entire class. Your instructors were knowledgeable, and it showed on the way they presented themselves, talked and listened, and answered questions as well."
Child Abduction Tabletop Exercise | December 12, 2022
"I liked the cohesive and collaborative approach as we utilized each person’s experience and expertise to fulfill the role they will have during and actual activation and deployment."
"It was great to work with just our team so we could problem solve like we would in a real life situation using our own resources. I also appreciated the incorporation of team discussion as we were briefed by the instructor about each piece of the incident."
Response to At-Risk Missing and High-Risk Endangered Missing Children | December 8, 2022
"This training was both enlightening and informative."
"The instructors all displayed advanced knowledge and were engaging to listen to."
"I appreciated the critical thinking required in groups and the case study information."
Search and Canvass Operations in Child Abductions | Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, 2022
"The course provided relevant information from credible law enforcement professionals!"
"I really liked learning about available technology and how to obtain digital evidence from different sources."
"I appreciated that the training covered a variety of topics relating to child abductions."
Initial Response Strategies & Tactics for Responding to Missing Children | November 14, 2022
"The course provided very effective and necessary materials for any agency. The training materials can be brought back and used with fellow detectives."
 
"The instructors all did an excellent job; the course was packed full of information."
 
"The course presented from real-life events that we could draw usable information from."
CHILDREN SAFELY RECOVERED WITH THE HELP OF
As of December 31, 2022
HOT OFF THE PRESS! We're excited to share the latest edition of the The AMBER Advocate newsletter with you. Read all stories online, or download the complete issue here: www.amberadvocate.org/issue/amber-advocate-53/
Please like 👍and share ➡️ the 53rd Edition with your community safety and child protection colleagues and friends! This first edition of the 2023 calendar year features:
The road ahead for AATTAP as we are back to onsite training in full force, with courses developed ‘By You, For You!’
The successful recovery by the Layton City Police Department of a Utah youth who was deceived and lured away by a sexual predator using an online gaming platform. The young man's parents and law enforcement worked together - and swiftly - and that's what it's all about.
Meet Joanie Collins, a seasoned AMBER Alert and child protection veteran, recently retired from Rhode Island State Police and now bringing her expertise and dedication to AATTAP as its Region 1 Liaison.
Spotlights on Program Manager Byron Fassett, recognized with the North Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking's Champion of Freedom Award; and great work by Puerto Rico Policía de Puerto Rico and AATTAP’s CART training program during a recent field exercise, recognized by Rep. Jenniffer González-Colón.
Briefs on AMBER Alert and other endangered missing persons work underway across the U.S. and internationally.
Find this issue, and much more at: www.amberadvocate.org and learn more about our training programs and so many other great child protection, community safety and criminal justice training opportunities at the National Criminal Justice Training Center.
#aattap #ncjtc #childprotection #childabductionresponse #amberadvocate #championoffreedomaward #AmberAlert #lawenforcementtraining #firstresponders
Congratulations to the Iowa Department of Public Safety's Child Abduction Response Team (CART) for such hard work and major recognition! National Criminal Justice Training Center U. S. Department of Justice #childprotection #MissingChild #AmberAlert #lawenforcementtraining
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New Jersey’s Gloucester County Child Abduction Response Team (CART) recently became the state’s first CART to earn certification from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) – an accomplishment rec...Great work , Janell .
Happy Birthday I STAND Parent Network Inc.! We celebrate Dr. Noelle Hunter and every courageous parent who works with iStand on this important day!
#iStandUntilAllChildrenComeHome
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What superb work, Hernando County Sheriff's Office, on the swift, coordinated, and multi-faceted response which brought "JJ" safely home!
We salute you, and join you in sending out gratitude to your telecommunications center, the deputies and other law enforcement personnel who executed each step of your response plan!
And we celebrate every citizen, agency, and service provider who rallied to the call to help in the search and provide officers and everyone involved what they needed to stay hydrated, safe, and fully engaged in the search for JJ.
#successfulrecovery #rapidresponse #workingtogether #lawenforcementfamily #childabductionresponse
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Missing Hernando County toddler found alive
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"It is a good day in Hernando County," Sheriff Al Nienhuis said.
We remember and honor Jacob, and have such gratitude for the heart, courage, generosity and dedication of Patty Wetterling. We celebrate, along with other #SurvivingFamilies, the release of this important book, "Dear Jacob - A Mother's Journey of Hope."
#LoveAlwaysHopes - Patty and so many others have shown us this, time and time again; through their journeys, and in what they have and continue to provide to so many other families. Support, resonance, resources... and hope. Always, hope.
Please share this new book widely, and join us in sending Patty and the entire Wetterling family a note of support and thanksgiving.
#jacob11 #TeamHope
#aattap #ncjtcThe last few months have been pretty surreal. After 7 1/2 years of working hard, taking classes and writing a memoir, it is finally here.
This never would have happened without Joy Baker. Her skills, dedication, heart, compassion and her shared love for Jacob both encouraged me to continue writing and helped me to believe in myself once again.
Joy is an incredible writer, coach, friend and accomplisher. Although, I had journaled and written about events and things that had happened while searching for Jacob, I had no idea how to start pulling it all together into a book. Joy did. With her coaching, editing and contributing in so many indescribable ways, we worked hard to push through and finish it.
Last spring we were so happy to find an agent with Martin Literary Management and a publisher with Minnesota Historical Society Press. Now, it really is time to share the good news (although it still feels a little scary).
Dear Jacob: A Mother’s Journey of Hope will be released on October 17, 2023. You can pre-order today from
Barnesandnoble.com, Amazon.com, Target.com and Bookshop.org (purchases support independent bookstores).
A huge thank you for all the encouragement and support I have gotten along the way. It has been a therapeutic journey, and I hope Dear Jacob: A Mother’s Journey of Hope may help others who struggle with life challenges.
P.S. Joy also wrote a more detailed blog post on the process of getting to where we are today at joythecurious.com.