NamUs offers a variety of free training and outreach services, to include:
- Individualized assistance learning the NamUs database application.
- Customized, online or classroom training for agencies on the NamUs 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.
17th National Indian Nations Conference
Palm Springs, CA
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Missing Person Identification Project (MPIP) Community Event – Pre-Planning Meeting
Scottsdale, AZ
Navajo Patrol Detective Division Training
Flagstaff, AZ
2nd Annual Oklahoma 4 Directions Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Conference
Lawton, OK
New Mexico FBI Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Case Review
Missing from Fort Apache
Whiteriver, AZ