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.
35th Annual Colonel Henry F.Williams International Homicide Seminar
Albany, NY
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
Hope Without Boundaries 5K 2023 – Black & Missing Foundation, Inc
Fort Washington, MD
Washington State Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIW/P) Taskforce Meeting – May 2023
Law and Order Committee of the 25th Navajo Nation Council
Flagstaff, AZ
25th Navajo Nation Council Health, Education & Human Services Committee Meeting
, AZ
2023 California State Division of the International Association for Identification 107th Annual Educational Training Seminar
San Diego, CA
2023 DeKalb County Missing Persons Event
Decatur, GA
National Missing and Unidentified Persons Conference 2023
Orlando, FL