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Save the Date for the 2025 AMBER Alert & Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country National Symposium in Washington, DC, Feb. 25-26, 2025! Watch our page, and The AMBER Advocate page for more details!Join us for the 2025 AMBER Alert & Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country National Symposium in Washington, DC, February 25 - 26, 2025, where a diverse group of dedicated professionals will come together to tackle the critical issues surrounding missing and exploited children. (This event is pending DOJ approval, so watch this page for updates and announcement of opening registration.)
The 2025 Symposium will feature AMBER Alert coordinators from state and regional levels, managers from missing persons clearinghouses, law enforcement personnel, emergency management and public safety experts, as well as Tribal community leaders.
Immerse yourself in an environment designed to foster collaboration and innovation! Analyze recent trends and compelling case studies, exchange proven strategies, and engage in hands-on training with child protection partners.
Together, we will strengthen our collective responses to incidents involving missing and exploited children, equipping ourselves with the tools and knowledge needed to make a meaningful impact.
This two-day event, organized by the AMBER Alert Training & Technical Assistance Program (AATTAP), will offer insights from renowned experts in the field. Attendees can expect in-depth sessions covering topics such as:
• A keynote from a child abduction survivor
• Model responses to missing children incidents
• Family survivor perspectives regarding their missing children
• Continued efforts by NCMEC to locate missing children
• Case studies detailing investigative responses and recoveries
• AMBER Alert coordination best practices
• Enhancing recovery efforts for missing children of color
• Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS)
• Genetic genealogy and solving missing children cases
• Missing and murdered investigations in Indian Country
• Identifying federal resources for missing children incidents
• Search methods on Tribal lands
We look forward to seeing you in person at the 2025 Symposium, so please join us! More detailed information about the event will be forthcoming. For questions, contact us at [email protected], or call (877) 712-6237.
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National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
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EXCLUSIVE: Today, November 13, 2024, marks what would have been the 20th birthday of Ashlynne Mike—namesake of the Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act of 2018.
*Read this touching tribute to Ashlynne penned by her mother, Pamela Foster,* for her friends and partners within our AMBER Alert Training & Technical Assistance Program and AMBER Alert in Indian Country Initiative: amberadvocate.org/issues/exclusive-a-20th-birthday-wish-for-ashlynne-mike-from-her-mother/
National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Navajo Police Department-Navajo Nation Missing Persons Navajo Times Missing & Murdered Diné Relatives #AshlynneMike #AmberAlert #ProtectOurChildren #MMIWG
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Thank you to our partners in Alaska! #indigenousalaska #alaskanative #childprotection
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AMBER Alert Coordinators, intelligence analysts, special agents, and others dedicated to finding missing children gathered October 18 for AATTAP’s Region 2 meeting at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations in Nashville. Region 2 child protection officials from nine southeastern U.S. states meet quarterly to discuss best practices, strengthen relationships, and hear perspectives from family survivors.
Shown at the event are, from left: 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐞𝐲, AMBER Alert Coordinator (AAC)/North Carolina; 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐚, Miccosukee Tribe, Florida; 𝐆𝐮𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐬, AATTAP Region 2 Liaison; 𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐬, family survivor/@Justice for Mikelle Biggs; 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐕𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢, AAC/Georgia; 𝐀𝐦𝐲 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧, TBI; 𝐊𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐲, TBI; 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐁𝐲𝐫𝐝, TBI; 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐀𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢, TBI; 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧, TBI; 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐬, Florida Department of Law Enforcement; 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐝, TBI; 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫, TBI; 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨, TBI; 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐲𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧, TBI; 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧, TBI; 𝐓𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝, AATTAP Program Manager/@AMBER Alert in Indian Country; 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧, AATTAP Administrator; 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫, AAC/Alabama; and 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧, AAC/TBI.
Learn more about AATTAP’s U.S. regions: amberadvocate.org/amber-alert-network/meet-our-partners/.
National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation North Carolina State Highway Patrol Georgia Bureau of Investigation Florida Department of Law Enforcement Alabama Law Enforcement Agency #MiccosukeeTribe #LawEnforcement #ChildProtection #AmberAlert
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