Opening Remarks and Tribal Blessing Information about the event mission, format and sessions.

Provides for technical‐administrative‐instructional preparation and deployment of next session(s), so that participants can be admitted into those rooms approximately 5 minutes in advance of each session’s official start time.

In 2012, 12‐year‐old Autumn Pasquale was abducted and murdered. Hear directly from the CART Commander the details of the initial CART response and investigation. Distinguish the role of the CART Team in both the initial response and the extended police response. Assess lessons learned and evaluate the need for policies and procedures to guide your investigation.

Explore the application of genetic genealogy and the ways it aids in investigations and missing persons. Techniques instructed will include tips in using genealogy to help establish the identities of cold case suspects and assist with identifying human remains. Investigative strategies for developing leads and information as well as working with labs and other resources will be addressed.

Evaluate your agency's need for a CART Program while analyzing the feasibility of creating a team in your jurisdiction. Capture and integrate relevant data into a winning, convincing proposal for your command staff. Through the establishment of a working timeline for development and implementation of your team, bring a CART Team to life for your agency.

How to Hyperlink, and Limiting Geographic Activation Areas: Risks and Rewards

The Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA), managed by FEMA, was launched in 2012. Recent updates include a hyperlink feature which maximizes the release of valuable information during a child abduction, such as with the use of Twitter. Examine this feature and how you can integrate it into your AMBER Alert activations. Identify best practices and common mistakes which occur during use of the hyperlink feature. Distinguish the cellular provider's role in dissemination of information during an abduction.

Traffickers have harnessed technology and the Internet to recruit, lure, track, and control child victims. Design a proactive identification method to recover child victims of sex trafficking. By analyzing case studies, identify case corroboration techniques and common pitfalls which can be encountered in these complex exploitation cases.

Provides for technical‐administrative‐instructional preparation and deployment of next session(s), so that participants can be admitted into those rooms approximately 5 minutes in advance of each session’s official start time.

In 2019, 13‐month‐old Kenzley Olson was reported missing from a residence in a rural Montana Tribal Community. A Lead FBI agent on the case will guide you through the initial response, as well as the complex investigation that followed. Explore the use of resources available to you and your team, and see teamwork in action as this case is solved.

An overview of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) initiative and the development of the Tribal Community Response Plan will be shared. Explore additional prevention, intervention, response, and collaboration efforts with tribal nations, communities, law enforcement, victim services, and other support services/agencies to build and sustain increased Tribal capacity in reducing and responding to MMIP incidents.

Increase trust and develop lasting partnerships when investigating missing and exploited children cases on Tribal lands. Understand the importance of valuing the culture and dynamics of indigenous nations, and carry this important information when investigating missing and exploited children cases within the boundaries of Tribal nations and communities.

The Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act of 2018 amended the PROTECT ACT and launched the AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program’s (AATTAP) Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country (AIIC) Initiative. This initiative facilitates meetings with tribal communities to develop communication networks, working relationships, and programs to improve responses to endangered missing or abducted children in Indian Country. Review the Act and its implementation, and identify additional training and resources available to assist investigators.

Examine the role of the Media Coordinator‐Public Information Officer (PIO) in missing children cases in Indian Country. Identify key media considerations and actions. Evaluate three key broadcast alerts which facilitate the timely recovery of missing children in Indian Country.

Provides for technical‐administrative‐instructional preparation and deployment of next session(s), so that participants can be admitted into those rooms approximately 5 minutes in advance of each session’s official start time.

Communities of color have been shown to be disproportionately represented among missing children according to NCMEC data released in 2021, and in additional bodies of research. Examine this research and participate in a facilitated interactive discussion which will identify and explore the deep‐rooted causes. Explore promising practices for reducing this disparity.

Interact with a mental health professional and a law enforcement officer to examine your exposure to traumatic material and situations in the course of your day‐to‐day work. Glimpse into the causes and symptoms of the negative effects that may occur as a result of your duties and the burden that may come from doing such incredible, mission driven work. Dive into vicarious trauma, explore the potential impacts from traumatic exposure, identify stress reactions in yourself and others and learn how to apply super resets and protective coping strategies in your career and everyday life.

You have developed your CART program and team members – now identify next steps and recognize how to gain valuable resources, maintain participation, and sustain your team. Connect important steps and agreements specific to your team structure (statewide, countywide, regional, single agency) to integrate outside agencies into your CART program.

Recovering human remains is a harsh reality present in missing children cases. Identify best practices for investigations which begin with the recovery of human remains. Examine case studies which utilize various databases for entry and comparison of human remains cases. Make the connection of the human remains to the lost loved one.

High‐Risk and Endangered Missing children often go unrecovered and become child sex trafficking victims or long‐term missing children. Explore successful proactive recovery techniques to minimize their missing episodes and therefore their exposure to exploitation. Design a sustainable proactive recovery approach for your agency.

Opening Remarks Information about the day’s sessions, and a brief recap and follow‐up on any items needed from day one.

Provides for technical‐administrative‐instructional preparation and deployment of next session(s), so that participants can be admitted into those rooms approximately 5 minutes in advance of each session’s official start time.

A guided, interactive discussion amongst Region 1 states/participants around key questions and considerations developed out of feedback and actions resulting from the August 2021 Symposium’s region breakouts.

A guided, interactive discussion amongst Region 2 states/participants around key questions and considerations developed out of feedback and actions resulting from the August 2021 Symposium’s region breakouts.

A guided, interactive discussion amongst Region 3 states/participants around key questions and considerations developed out of feedback and actions resulting from the August 2021 Symposium’s region breakouts.

A guided, interactive discussion amongst Region 4 states/participants around key questions and considerations developed out of feedback and actions resulting from the August 2021 Symposium’s region breakouts.

A guided, interactive discussion amongst Region 5 states/participants around key questions and considerations developed out of feedback and actions resulting from the August 2021 Symposium’s region breakouts.

A guided, interactive discussion amongst Tribal participants around key questions and considerations developed out of feedback and actions resulting from the August 2021 Symposium’s region breakouts.

Provides for technical‐administrative‐instructional preparation and deployment of next session(s), so that participants can be admitted into those rooms approximately 5 minutes in advance of each session’s official start time.

Maleah Davis was reported abducted in 2021. Follow the investigation from the activation of the AMBER Alert through the arrest of the suspect. Examine the critical decision of whether to cancel the AMBER Alert as the investigation progresses. Connect forensic and digital evidence developed by the case investigators which led to a highly corroborated child abuse case.

Review The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's (NCMEC) process for working with the media when addressing cases involving children of color who go missing from care.

Discover how a CART in action operates. Begin with the expectations during the initial stages of an activation, then move to exploring how to maximize resources during a deployment. Examine lessons learned from a recent CART activation.

The public is your largest resource during an AMBER Alert. Examine how your agency communicates and interacts with the public. Recognize small adjustments that can be made to increase the level of public trust and engagement. Review and discuss best practices for information management and delivery.

High‐risk endangered missing children are often recovered during or immediately following an episode of exploitation. They all too often return to the exploitive situation due to no identification of victimization. Their reluctance to trust the justice system and disclose their abuse may be due to fear, grooming, or other factors. Explore a six‐stage interview process for maximizing opportunities to identify their abuse, while remaining victim‐centered.

Provides for technical‐administrative‐instructional preparation and deployment of next session(s), so that participants can be admitted into those rooms approximately 5 minutes in advance of each session’s official start time.

Justin Bloxom was just 12 years old when he was lured by a twice convicted sex offender, who was posing as a 15‐year‐old girl. The offender held Justin against his will before killing him and disposing of his body. During this presentation, participants will hear Amy, Justin’s Mom, describe what she and her family experienced during and after Justin’s senseless abduction and murder. Amy’s story will instill why we are here and why it is crucial to ensure we continually prepare and have resources ready for cases involving missing or abducted children.