AMBER Alert

The Department of Justice has published the first of two issues of the "Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice" addressing missing or murdered American Indian and Alaska Native people. This issue focuses on law enforcement and prevention surrounding missing or murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. Featured articles highlight OJJDP’s AMBER Alert in Indian Country Initiative and the OJJDP-supported National Center...

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OJJDP has released the latest issue of The AMBER Advocate newsletter. This issue features articles on:

• The training of Missouri officers on the law enforcement response to child sex trafficking.
• The Massachusetts AMBER Alert leading to the safe recovery of an abducted girl.
• Shelly Smitherman, Tennessee's AMBER Alert Coordinator.
• AMBER Alert in Indian Country.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing...

OJJDP's AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program has launched a set of online investigative checklists to help tribal law enforcement respond to and investigate cases of missing, endangered, or abducted children. These checklists provide strategies for first responders, investigative officers, and supervisory officers involved in a missing or endangered child investigation. They are available in web, PDF, and mobile formats. These resources were...