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Here are the latest stories and happenings with AMBER Alert

What participants are saying about AMBER Alert training:

ISCAC 2/21-22/23

Investigative Strategies for Child Abduction Cases | February 21-22, 2023

"ISCAC included the best legal issues module I have ever taken. The instructor was engaging, used humor during the presentation to keep the class focused and engaged, and explained topics and presented scenarios through real-life situations - making the topic easier to digest. Awesome!
 
"Each instructor was very versed in their topics. AATTAP did an exceptional job organizing this training. The information is current and well updated. It was a joy being in this class."
 
"I'll definitely share the knowledge passed on with colleagues and we'll utilize it in our day-to-day operations."

Northwest Florida CART Certification exercise held in February 2018.
CART-PR JAN 2023

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."

CART training in Puerto Rico photo collage
CART 1-25-23

Child Abduction Response Team (CART) Training | January 2023

"After having been involved in numerous CART situations during my career, it was refreshing to get this information. I learned that there are numerous resources available of which I was not aware!"
 
"I appreciated the variety of instructors, the real-life stories, and the tabletop exercise."
 
" The presenters were all clearly very knowledgeable and have great expertise in these topics."

K-9 Officer with dog, searching along river bank
CATE 1-24-23

Child Abduction Tabletop Exercises (CATE) | January-February, 2023

"Great instructor, knowledgeable, charismatic, good information. Hopefully never have to mobilize CART team, but if we do we will be more prepared."
 
"I enjoyed the dynamic and interactive nature of the class. We had good guidance and constructive criticism every step of the way."
 
"I enjoyed working in small groups and actually going through the steps as if we were working the case."

Male and female law enforcement officers discussing a tabletop training exercise
R-ARM-HREMC 12/8/22

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."

K9 handler and his search dog
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As of December 31, 2022

REPORT A MISSING, ABDUCTED, OR ENDANGERED CHILD.

CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY


You may also contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for assistance at:

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THE AMBER ADVOCATE

The mission of the AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program (AATTAP) is to safely recover missing, endangered, or abducted children through the coordinated efforts of law enforcement, media, transportation, and other partners by using training and technology to enhance response capacities and capabilities and increase public participation. The AMBER Advocate website and secure AMBER Alert Partners Portal work to support this mission by promoting awareness of and access to training and resources for AMBER Alert partners as they work across their states and communities to    educate, train and inspire around the protection of children and effective response to endangered missing and abducted children.

CART - Child Abduction Response Team

Learn about the importance of CART and the benefits of achieving CART Certification. This video highlights the efforts and excellent outcomes of the Northwest Florida CART programs certification event. The Team achieved certification in February 2018.

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6 days ago
The AMBER Advocate

“We are relatives,” said Gary Charwood, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Holistic Health Spiritual Care Coordinator. He blessed those in attendance at a recent law enforcement meeting with leaders from six Minnesota Tribes, as well as the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and Minnesota Department of Public Safety. “We all do the work to take care of one another," Charwood said. Our Technology Toolkits will help the Leech Lake Tribal Police Department, Upper Sioux Community, White Earth Nation, and many others, do just that. Read more at: www.amberadvocate.org/indian-country/six-minnesota-tribes-receive-technology-toolkits-at-regional...

National Criminal Justice Training Center #AmberAlert #IndianCountry #missingpersons
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Blessings on all your work!🙏

2 weeks ago
The AMBER Advocate

For #NationalMissingChildrensDay (#May25), AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program Administrator Janell Rasmussen joined this year’s winner of the 2023 National Missing Children’s Day poster contest, fifth grader Ayoub Alsaidi of New York, at the MCD event at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C. “Ayoub’s work truly represents the spirit of hope that inspires our efforts to safely bring home missing children,” Rasmussen said. Learn more about the MCD event and its honorees at www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-observes-national-missing-children-s-day-4

National Criminal Justice Training Center
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For #NationalMissingChildrensDay (#May25), AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program Administrator Janell Rasmussen joined this year’s winner of the 2023 National Missing Children’s Day poster contest, fifth grader Ayoub Alsaidi of New York, at the MCD event at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C. “Ayoub’s work truly represents the spirit of hope that inspires our efforts to safely bring home missing children,” Rasmussen said. Learn more about the MCD event and its honorees at https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-observes-national-missing-children-s-day-4

National Criminal Justice Training Center

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Great ,congratulations!

2 weeks ago
The AMBER Advocate

WASHINGTON, DC – Family members who contributed to the 5th edition of When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide, gathered to celebrate the release of the important multimedia resource and witness its announcement at the 40th Annual National Missing Children’s Day ceremony held at the U.S. Department of Justice Great Hall May 24, 2023.

The Guide serves as a resource for parents needing to know ‘What to do, and how to do it’ if their child goes missing — how to take each necessary step, contact the right people, and move forward each day.

Read the full story here: www.amberadvocate.org/amber-feature/new-multimedia-resource-when-your-child-is-missing-a-family-s....

And learn more about the Guide, download a copy, and check out the dedicated website’s expansive video library at: amberadvocate.org/families.

THANK YOU so very much to Patty Wetterling, Noelle Hunter, Jeffery Morehouse, Nacole Svendgard, Yvonne Robinson Ambrose, Ahmad Rivazfar, Elaine Hall, and Colleen Nick for your amazing, brave and wholehearted work on bringing the 5th Edition Family Survival Guide to life! We love you all, and are so honored to work with you and call you the dearest of friends!
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WASHINGTON, DC – Family members who contributed to the 5th edition of When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide, gathered to celebrate the release of the important multimedia resource and witness its announcement at the 40th Annual National Missing Children’s Day ceremony held at the U.S. Department of Justice Great Hall May 24, 2023.

The Guide serves as a resource for parents needing to know ‘What to do, and how to do it’ if their child goes missing — how to take each necessary step, contact the right people, and move forward each day.

Read the full story here: https://www.amberadvocate.org/amber-feature/new-multimedia-resource-when-your-child-is-missing-a-family-survival-guide-released-on-national-missing-childrens-day/.

And learn more about the Guide, download a copy, and check out the dedicated website’s expansive video library at: amberadvocate.org/families.

THANK YOU so very much to Patty Wetterling, Noelle Hunter, Jeffery Morehouse, Nacole Svendgard, Yvonne Robinson Ambrose, Ahmad Rivazfar, Elaine Hall, and Colleen Nick for your amazing, brave and wholehearted work on bringing the 5th Edition Family Survival Guide to life! We love you all, and are so honored to work with you and call you the dearest of friends!
4 weeks ago
The AMBER Advocate

When a child is abducted - in this case at the hands of a noncustodial family member - law enforcement can employ a strong array of technology as part of their patrol and investigative response. We recognize the swift and strategic work of Putnam County Sheriff's Office in responding to the mother's report that her daughter was missing. Their use of license plate reader technology was pivotal in this case. We are so glad the child was safely located and recovered!

Public alerting, such as through an AMBER Alert or Endangered Missing Child alert, is an incredibly powerful tool - and before and in conjunction with any public alerting utilized, we want to acknowledge how law enforcement is working from the first moments of the missing child report, utilizing law enforcement messages and broadcasts, license plate reader systems, database record queries and cross-checks, and much more, to find the missing child and interdict the perpetrators that would harm them in cases of abduction and exploitation.

This amazing work begins with the 911 telecommunicator/call-taker, and progresses to the responding patrol units, and to the investigations officers - with everyone working together to locate and safely recover the endangered child.

Law enforcement and other public safety partners, and the public, working together to keep our children safe - that's what it's all about!

Learn more from the great coverage by CBS 47/Fox 30 Action News
www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/putnam-county-sheriffs-office-uses-special-technology-help-save-...

#aattap #ncjtc #floridalawenforcement #lawenforcementfamily #SafelyHome #missingchildresponse
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When a child is abducted - in this case at the hands of a noncustodial family member - law enforcement can employ a strong array of technology as part of their patrol and investigative response. We recognize the swift and strategic work of Putnam County Sheriffs Office in responding to the mothers report that her daughter was missing. Their use of license plate reader technology was pivotal in this case. We are so glad the child was safely located and recovered!

Public alerting, such as through an AMBER Alert or Endangered Missing Child alert, is an incredibly powerful tool - and before and in conjunction with any public alerting utilized, we want to acknowledge how law enforcement is working from the first moments of the missing child report, utilizing law enforcement messages and broadcasts, license plate reader systems, database record queries and cross-checks, and much more, to find the missing child and interdict the perpetrators that would harm them in cases of abduction and exploitation.

This amazing work begins with the 911 telecommunicator/call-taker, and progresses to the responding patrol units, and to the investigations officers - with everyone working together to locate and safely recover the endangered child.

Law enforcement and other public safety partners, and the public, working together to keep our children safe - thats what its all about!

Learn more from the great coverage by CBS 47/Fox 30 Action News 
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/putnam-county-sheriffs-office-uses-special-technology-help-save-young-child-abducted/LAULGHNBVFAFLAFLYEVP3CNSRY/

#aattap #ncjtc #floridalawenforcement #lawenforcementfamily #SafelyHome #missingchildresponse
1 month ago
The AMBER Advocate

Today (May 5, 2023), 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 — with Leech Lake Tribal Police Department, Upper Sioux Community, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, White Earth Nation, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and National Criminal Justice Training Center — We remember the Indigenous people we have lost to murder, and those who remaining missing, and we reaffirm our commitment to working with Tribal Nations to provide training and resources to prevent and resolve these cases. American Indian and Alaska Native peoples, specifically women and girls, have long endured domestic violence, homicide, sexual assault, and abuse at disproportionately higher rates than other groups. Working together, we can make a difference. We can make things better. – 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘙𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯, 𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘈𝘔𝘉𝘌𝘙 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 & 𝘈𝘔𝘉𝘌𝘙 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺

#MMIP #MMIWG #MMIR #AmberAlert #MissingPersons #IndianCountry #NCJTC
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Today (May 5, 2023), 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 — with Leech Lake Tribal Police Department, Upper Sioux Community, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, White Earth Nation, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and National Criminal Justice Training Center — We remember the Indigenous people we have lost to murder, and those who remaining missing, and we reaffirm our commitment to working with Tribal Nations to provide training and resources to prevent and resolve these cases. American Indian and Alaska Native peoples, specifically women and girls, have long endured domestic violence, homicide, sexual assault, and abuse at disproportionately higher rates than other groups. Working together, we can make a difference. We can make things better. – 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘙𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯, 𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘈𝘔𝘉𝘌𝘙 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 & 𝘈𝘔𝘉𝘌𝘙 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺

#MMIP #MMIWG #MMIR #AmberAlert #MissingPersons #IndianCountry #NCJTC
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