NamUs offers a variety of free training and outreach services, to include:
- Individualized assistance learning the NamUs 2.0 database application.
- Customized, online or classroom training for agencies on the NamUs 2.0 database application, forensic services, and the effective use of NamUs tools to resolve missing and unidentified person cases.
- Presentations at local, state, and national training conferences (see events below for upcoming opportunities in your area).
- Assistance with the coordination and implementation of local and statewide “Missing Person Day” events to enter cases into NamUs and facilitate the collection of family reference DNA samples.
Following is a list of past events.
Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) awareness and Law Day celebration
Scottsldale, AZ
April 2024 Missing and Unidentified Persons Investigations Training
Sacramento, CA
2024 Annual Wisconsin Missing Persons Awareness Event
Green Bay, WI
Missing in Southeast Texas Day 2024
Houston , TX
Wisconsin Association of Homicide Investigators 2024 Annual Conference
Baraboo, WI
Unresolved Missing or Murdered Indigenous Person Cases Training and Technical Assistance – Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe, NM
2024 California State Division of the International Association for Identification 108th Annual Educational Training Seminar
Bakersfield , CA
2024 Chicago Missing Person Day Event
Chicago, IL
National Missing and Unidentified Persons Conference 2024
Las Vegas, NV
Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) Site Visit and Training Meeting April 2024
Stafford, VA
United States Indian Police Academy Instructor Certification Training – April 2024
Artesia, NM
2024 International Association of Chiefs of Police Indian Country Law Enforcement Section Midyear Meeting
Tulsa, OK
Forensic Focus Group Workshop
, CA
Missing & Murdered Dine Relatives Task Force Meeting
NamUs Unclaimed Training for Los Angeles Medical Examiner
Los Angeles, CA
US Virgin Islands Police Department NamUs Training
Original Medicolegal Death Investigator Training Course – March 2024
St. Louis, MO
2024 Carolinas Crime Analysis Association Training Conference
Charleston, SC
2024 National AMBER Alert and AMBER Alert in Indian Country Symposium
New Orleans , LA
Washington Cold Case Advisory Group (WACAG) Meeting
NamUs Law Enforcement Training for the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office
Fort Worth, TX
NamUs Training for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Florida
Pascua Yaqui Missing Persons Day Event
Tucson, AZ
Massachusetts Missing and Unidentified Person Online Training – February 2024
Indian Country Intelligence Network (ICIN) - Unresolved Missing or Murdered Indigenous Person Cases
Phoenix, AZ