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.
United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) Southern District of California Savanna's Act Forum
San Diego, CA
Gila River Indian Community Missing Person Identification Project (MPIP)
Sacaton, AZ
2023 Florida Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Annual Training Symposium
Orlando, FL
South Dakota Sheriffs’ Association Conference 2023
Aberdeen , SD
An Overview of NamUs Data Entry for Florida Law Enforcement - 9/25/23
An Overview of NamUs Data Entry for Florida Law Enforcement - 9/20/23
35th Annual Colonel Henry F.Williams International Homicide Seminar
Albany, NY
California State Coroners Association 2023 Symposium
San Diego, CA
An Overview of NamUs Data Entry for Florida Law Enforcement - 9/15/23
Regional Organized Crime Information Center (ROCIC) 32nd Annual Homicide Conference
Chattanooga, TN
Missing in North Carolina Day 2023
Research Triangle, NC
North Carolina NamUs Training – September 2023
1st Annual United States Indian Police Academy (USIPA) Instructor & Certification Training for Tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Law Enforcement
Albuquerque, NM
SLU School of Medicine Masters Conference: Medicolegal Death Investigators Training Course
St. Louis, MO
2023 International Association of Identification Annual Educational Conference
National Harbor, MD
US Army CID Forensic Friday Lecture
Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) Site Visit and Training Meeting
Stafford, VA
18th Annual Government to Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation
Tulsa, OK
2023 International Homicide Investigators Association 29th Annual Training Symposium
Oklahoma City, OK
Missing in Colorado 2023
Denver, CO
Regional Missing Migrant Program Summit July 2023
, CA
2023 Never Forgotten- Arkansas Takes Action Missing Person Event
Benton, AR
Law and Order Committee of the 25th Navajo Nation Council - July 2023
Albuquerque, NM
National Sheriffs’ Association 2023 Annual Conference
Grand Rapids, MI
The Rocky Mountain Death Investigators Conference 2023
Colorado Springs, CO