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.
Arizona Homicide Investigators Association Basic Homicide School
Mesa, AZ
Arizona State Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples Awareness Day
Phoenix, AZ
Missing and Murdered Indigenous People’s Day May 5, 2023
Valley Center, CA
Massachusetts Missing and Unidentified Persons Investigations – May 2023
2023 Annual Wisconsin Missing Persons Awareness Event
Green Bay, WI
Missing in Harris County Day 2023
Houston, TX
2023 Stepping in Conference- Behind Closed Doors…Child Abuse and Families in Crisis
Norwalk, CA
2023 United States Border Patrol Regional Summit
Edinburg, TX
2023 Missing in California Indian Country- Northern California Region
Blue Lake, CA
2023 Missing Persons Day in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
NamUs Law Enforcement Training for Knoxville Police Department
Knoxville, TN
2023 I-Search Advisory Council Meeting
Tucson, AZ
Wisconsin Association of Homicide Investigators 2023 Annual Conference
Kohler, WI
NamUs Overview Presentation- Woods County 911 Center
Minnesota South Central Investigators Coalition Meeting
, MN
2023 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Indian Country Law Enforcement Section Midyear Meeting
Chandler, AZ
Missing, Murdered Dine Relatives Working Session
Missing and Unidentified Persons Investigation Training
Redondo Beach, CA
Texas Unidentified Bodies Inquest Program
Corpus Christi, TX
2023 Tennessee Bureau of Investigations TIES Conference
Pigeon Forge, TN
Savanna’s Act Tribal Consultation Meeting at Sycuan
2023 Massachusetts Missing and Unidentified Persons Investigations
Missing Person Identification Project (MPIP) – Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community
Scottsdale, AZ
American Academy of Forensic Sciences 75th Annual Conference
Orlando, FL
Missing in Richland County, South Carolina Day
Columbia, SC