Kidnapping
Initial Response Strategies and Tactics When Responding to Missing Children Incidents
Initial Response Strategies and Tactics When Responding to Missing Children Incidents
The AMBER Advocate, Issue 4 2020
38th Annual National Missing Children’s Day Poster Contest Now Open
OJJDP invites fifth graders to participate in the 38th Annual National Missing Children's Day poster contest. This nationwide contest creates an opportunity for schools, law enforcement, and other child advocates to discuss the issue of missing and/or exploited children with youth, parents, and guardians and to promote child safety. Poster contest winners will be recognized at the Department of Justice’s National Missing Children's Day commemoration...
OJJDP Accepting Nominations for National Missing Children's Day Awards
Each year, the U.S. Department of Justice, through OJJDP, recognizes the extraordinary efforts of individuals, organizations, and agencies that have made a significant contribution to protecting children between November 15, 2019 and November 20, 2020. The Department recognizes the awardees each May at the annual National Missing Children's Day ceremony in Washington, DC. The ceremony is planned for May 19, 2021 (tentative). OJJDP will make the...
The AMBER Advocate, Issue 3 2020
Family Resource Guide on International Parental Kidnapping
NISMART-2 Household Survey: Adult & Youth Follow-Up Questionnaire Matrix and Questionnaire Errata
Law Enforcement Guide on International Parental Kidnapping
New Issue of AMBER Advocate Newsletter Now Available
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...
The AMBER Advocate, Issue 2 2020
OJJDP Observes National Missing Children's Day
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed May 25 as National Missing Children's Day in memory of Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy who disappeared from a New York City street corner. Each year, National Missing Children’s Day is encourages parents, guardians, caregivers, and others concerned with the well-being of children to make child safety a priority.
On May 20, 2020, the Department of Justice announced the...
OJJDP-funded AMBER Alert Tools Launched To Help Tribal Law Enforcement Respond to Missing Children
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...
The AMBER Advocate, Issue 1 2020
The First Three Hours
AMBER Alert in Indian Country: Protecting Children in Tribal Communities
Missing Children, State Care, and Child Sex Trafficking: Engaging the Judiciary in Building a Collaborative Response
OJJDP FY 2020 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance Program
New Issue of AMBER Advocate Newsletter Now Available
OJJDP has released the latest issue of The AMBER Advocate newsletter. This issue features articles on:
- The 2019 AMBER Alert in Indian Country Symposium and remarks by Pamela Foster, the mother of Ashlynne Mike, a Navajo girl who was abducted and murdered.
- The Good Samaritan and Minnesota AMBER Alert that lead to the safe return of two abducted girls.
- Tanea Parmenter, Idaho's AMBER Alert co-coordinator...
Child Abduction Response Team Training
Great Falls, MT