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.
U.S. Attorney’s Office Savanna’s Act Second Listening and Consultation Session
Valley Center, CA
The 11th Annual 2022 Never Forgotten – Arkansas Takes Action Event
Benton, AR
2022 International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners (IACME) Training Symposium
Las Vegas, NV
AK-Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Working Group
NamUs Workshop hosted by Richland County Sheriff’s Department
Columbia , SC
South Carolina Coroner’s Association Annual Conference
Myrtle Beach, SC
New England Division International Association for Identification Spring Training
San Diego Sheriff’s Department NamUs Training
San Diego, CA
40th annual Mountain Desert and Coastal Forensic Anthropology conference
Boulder City , NV
St Louis University School of Medicine Masters Conference: Medicolegal Death Investigators Training Course
St. Louis, MO
17th Annual Conference on Crimes Against Women (CCAW)
Dallas, TX
Black and Missing Foundation Hope Without Boundaries 2022 5K
National Harbor, MD
Northern VA Law Enforcement NamUs training
Falls Church, VA
Northern VA Law Enforcement NamUs training
Falls Church, VA
2022 Missing in Harris County Day
Houston, TX
Silent No More: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) Awareness Events
Phoenix, AZ
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women National Day of Awareness
San Diego, CA
Greenville County Sheriff’s Office Missing and Unidentified Persons Workshop
Greenville, SC
Montana Missing Persons Training
Billings, MT
Missing and Unidentified Persons Training hosted by Orange County, California
National Missing and Unidentified Persons Conference
Las Vegas, NV
United States Attorney’s Office First Listening Session on Improving Responses to Missing and Murdered American Indigenous Persons
Jamul, CA
Marion County Cold Case Meeting
Ocala, FL
United States Border Patrol Missing Migrant Summit
San Diego, CA
21st Annual Forensic DNA Conference: Bode 2022
Tampa, FL