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.
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
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
Wisconsin Association of Homicide Investigators 2023 Annual Conference
Kohler, WI
2023 I-Search Advisory Council Meeting
Tucson, AZ
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