Child Abduction Response Team (CART) Overview
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Child Abduction Response Team (CART) Overview

Duration: 1h 0m | Recorded on August 21, 2018

Thinking of starting a Child Abduction Response Team (CART) in your jurisdiction? Learn how building a CART can assist in the search and recovery of an abducted or endangered child. During this webinar, you will learn about the guidelines for developing, implementing and sustaining a CART program within your community, and examine the CART certification process for agencies and CART programs pursuing formal certification.

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This webinar is designed for new AMBER Alert Coordinators, Clearinghouse Managers, Child Abduction Response Team (CART) Coordinators, and others new to the AMBER Alert program.

What's In It For You

Upon completion of this webinar, you will be able to: * Understand what CART is and how a CART team can be useful * Form a CART * Implement and certify a CART in your community

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Child Abduction Response Team Webinar Presentation

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Instructors
- Derek VanLuchene
Derek VanLuchene   Project Coordinator, AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program (AATTAP)

Derek VanLuchene brings a unique perspective to the investigation and response to child abductions. In 1987, when Derek was 17 years old, his 8 year old brother Ryan was abducted and murdered by a repeat sex offender. Ryan was taken from the family’s backyard in a rural Montana community. Since that time, Derek has devoted himself to issues of sex offender management and child abduction response. Derek spent 18 years as a Montana Law Enforcement Officer working for both the Conrad Police Department and The Montana Division of Criminal Investigation. Currently, Derek manages Ryan United, a non-profit organization dedicated to his brother. Through Ryan United, Derek provides resources to crime victims, law enforcement, corrections officials specific to sex offender management, child abduction and community safety. As a Project Coordinator for AMBER Alert, Derek focuses on expanding the number of US DOJ Certified CART programs nationwide.

Derek VanLuchene   Project Coordinator, AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program (AATTAP)

Derek VanLuchene brings a unique perspective to the investigation and response to child abductions. In 1987, when Derek was 17 years old, his 8 year old brother Ryan was abducted and murdered by a repeat sex offender. Ryan was taken from the family’s backyard in a rural Montana community. Since that time, Derek has devoted himself to issues of sex offender management and child abduction response. Derek spent 18 years as a Montana Law Enforcement Officer working for both the Conrad Police Department and The Montana Division of Criminal Investigation. Currently, Derek manages Ryan United, a non-profit organization dedicated to his brother. Through Ryan United, Derek provides resources to crime victims, law enforcement, corrections officials specific to sex offender management, child abduction and community safety. As a Project Coordinator for AMBER Alert, Derek focuses on expanding the number of US DOJ Certified CART programs nationwide.

Contact Information

Janell Rasmussen
(877) 712-6237
askamber@fvtc.edu
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