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.
New Mexico Missing Persons Day
Shiprock, NM
Executive Office for United State Attorneys (EOUSA’s) Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Regional Outreach Program Inservice
Registration and training for Shiprock Criminal Investigations/Police Department
Shiprock, NM
Registration & Training for the Chinle Police Department, Navajo Nation
Registration & Training for the Chinle Police Department, Navajo Nation
Ft. McDowell, AZ
Four Corners families of Missing Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) 3rd Annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)/ MMIR Awareness Event
Farmington, NM
Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) awareness and Law Day celebration
Scottsldale, AZ
Unresolved Missing or Murdered Indigenous Person Cases Training and Technical Assistance – Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe, NM
2024 International Association of Chiefs of Police Indian Country Law Enforcement Section Midyear Meeting
Tulsa, OK
2024 National AMBER Alert and AMBER Alert in Indian Country Symposium
New Orleans , LA
Pascua Yaqui Missing Persons Day Event
Tucson, AZ
Indian Country Intelligence Network (ICIN) - Unresolved Missing or Murdered Indigenous Person Cases
Phoenix, AZ
Navajo Nation Missing Persons Day 2023
Fort Defiance, AZ
2023 Missing in California Indian Country- Southern California Region
San Jacinto, CA
Gila River Indian Community Missing Person Identification Project (MPIP) - Laveen
Laveen, AZ
Gila River Indian Community Missing Person Identification Project (MPIP)
Sacaton, AZ