Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: James Kozik
Embracing technology to find missing children drives West Virginia State Police First Sergeant James Kozik to excel in his work. He wants others to follow his lead.
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Joan Collins
AATTAP’s Region One Liaison: “Keeping children safe represents my perfect day”
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Texas
Texas Center for the Missing’s new Alert Coordinator hits the ground running – with help from his dynamic predecessor
Faces of the AMBER Alert: New Jersey
Lieutenant Stacie Lick, with the Gloucester County Prosecutors Office in New Jersey, has served as her county’s Child Abduction Response Team (CART) Coordinator since 2008. That year she helped create her state’s first CART – assembling its specialized resources and personnel while devising its policies and procedures that, 14 years later, have become a model for CARTs across the country.
Web Exclusive: Playing by the Rules Pays Off
Following procedure and ensuring documentation during the high-profile Autumn Pasquale case safeguarded a New Jersey Child Abduction Response Team (CART) from wrongdoing after its first deployment
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Oklahoma
Oklahoma AMBER Alert Coordinator uses his long career in law enforcement to save abducted children
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Wisconsin
From the ground floor to saving lives: Wisconsin AMBER Alert Coordinator Melissa Marchant’s decades of work in criminal justice and missing persons
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Florida
Florida Clearinghouse Supervisor Jon Roddenberry has a heart for missing children—especially children with autism
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Maryland
Maryland AMBER Alert Co-coordinators team up to save abducted children
“Nothing is more rewarding than helping missing and endangered children”
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Maryland
Maryland Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager takes personal experience as a runaway to find missing children
Commemorating the 38th National Missing Children’s Day
May 25, 2021: As we come together today as a Nation to commemorate the 38th National Missing Children’s Day, we do so virtually, which we have become accustomed to over the last year. While the world has adapted to social distancing, working from home and communicating virtually, our front-line workers have continued to work diligently […]
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania AMBER Alert Coordinator focuses on training to bring abducted children home safely
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Montana
Montana’s Brian Frost pushes to stay “ahead of the curve” to find missing and abducted children
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Tennessee
Tennessee AMBER Alert Coordinator Says There is No Greater Reward Than Recovering a Child in Harm’s Way
A Message from AATTAP Administrator Jim Walters: Honoring 2020 National Missing Children’s Day
It goes without saying that Missing Children’s Day 2020 is like no other. The current situation with COVID-19 may impact our ability to gather and recognize those who have done so much to protect children, recover the lost and prosecute the predators, but it has not lessened the importance of the day or the work […]
Recognizing Service and Protection for Tribal Communities: 2020 National Police Week
During this 2020 National Police Week, we wish to thank each of you for your service and sacrifice on behalf of the tribal communities across the United States. During these unprecedented times you have stayed strong, placing yourselves on the front lines, facing the dangers of the corona virus while protecting our children and our […]
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: South Dakota
Bonnie Feller Hagan has been the South Dakota AMBER Alert Coordinator since 2016, and involved with the state’s child abduction alert program since it began in March 2003.
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Idaho
Idaho AMBER Alert coordinator believes our emotions and passions will help save abducted children
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Wisconsin
Every AMBER Alert is personal for Wisconsin’s Jenniffer Price
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Arizona
Arizona Detective Relies on Relationships to Find Abducted Children
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: North Carolina
Nona Best Treats Missing Children as if They Were Her Own
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Kansas
New York AMBER Alert Coordinator Has a Long History of Helping Children in Peril
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: New York
New York AMBER Alert Coordinator Has a Long History of Helping Children in Peril
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: New Hampshire
Sara Hennessey has been the New Hampshire AMBER Alert Coordinator since September 2012, and began her service with the New Hampshire State Police as a trooper in 1998. Hennessey is a sergeant in the agency’s Major Crime Unit and commands the Family Services Division. Her husband John is also a commander with the New Hampshire […]
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Michigan
Jolene Hardesty: Michigan Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager She fights to help missing and abducted children–and the fight is never over Jolene Hardesty has been the Missing Persons Clearinghouse manager for Michigan since 2017. She has been involved in law enforcement for 18 years and started as a police dispatcher because she thought “it would be […]
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Michigan
Sarah Krebs: Michigan AMBER Alert Coordinator She never gives up in making sure missing and abducted children are found Sarah Krebs has been the Michigan AMBER Alert Coordinator since 2014. At that time, she also served as the Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager and the Unidentified Remains Manager, which have since been reorganized into three different […]
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Ohio
Brent Currence is the Education Coordinator for the Ohio Missing Persons Unit and serves on the Ohio AMBER Alert Steering Committee. He is also an Associate for the National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College. Currence retired as a Trooper and helped create the screen for dispatchers and local law enforcement officers […]
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Montana
Jennifer Viets has been the Montana AMBER Alert Coordinator since 2012. She has been the state’s Missing Persons Clearinghouse Manager since 2009. Viets started as a training officer for Montana’s Criminal Justice Information Network in 1994. She also worked as a 911 public safety dispatcher and supervisor for five years. WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT YOUR […]
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Louisiana
Stacey Pearson has been with the Louisiana State Police for 18 years and works out of Lafayette. She has been the manager of the Louisiana Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited Children (LACMEC) since 2012 and the state AMBER Alert Coordinator since January 2015. Pearson is a third generation law enforcement officer, and has served as […]
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Indiana
Shea Reliford has overseen the Indiana Clearinghouse for Missing Children & Missing Endangered Adults since September 2016. He is also a First Sergeant with the Office of Intelligence and Investigative Technologies and serves as the Administrative Officer for the Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center. He began his career with the Indiana State Police in 2006. Previous […]
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Massachusetts
Nicole Morell has worked for the Massachusetts State Police for 21 years and became the state’s AMBER Alert coordinator in 2007. Sergeant Morell also worked with the Missing Persons Clearinghouse for three years. She previously worked as a detective for the Worcester County State Police Detective Unit and investigated major crimes, including the disappearance and […]
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Illinois
Craig Burge works for the Illinois State Police (ISP). He has been the state AMBER Alert Coordinator and Missing Person Clearinghouse Manager since 2011. He started his career with the ISP working on sex offender registration and management. His experience with providing sex offender information with the legislature and the public prepared him in his […]
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Tennessee
Margie Quin was promoted in 2007 to Assistant Special Agent in Charge at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) which included duties as the state AMBER Alert Coordinator and Missing Person Clearinghouse Manager. She also began working on human trafficking cases in 2010. Quinn specialized in electronic surveillance for drug cases when she started with […]
Faces of the AMBER Alert Network: Mexico
Janet Turnbull is doing her best to make sure borders never get in the way of finding an abducted child. Since 2013 she has been working in Mexico City, Mexico, as a legal advisor for the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT). Her focus is on human […]