NamUs offers a variety of free training and outreach services, to include:
- Individualized assistance learning the NamUs database application.
- Customized, online or classroom training for agencies on the NamUs 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.
2023 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Annual Conference and Exposition
111 Harbor Dr.
United States
2023 Find California Missing
6000 College Town Drive
United States
2023 Missing in California Indian Country- Southern California Region
22777 Soboba Road
United States
Gila River Indian Community Missing Person Identification Project (MPIP) - Laveen
16674 St John's Rd
United States
United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) Southern District of California Savanna's Act Forum
United States
Gila River Indian Community Missing Person Identification Project (MPIP)
70 S Skill Center Rd Sacaton, AZ 85147
United States
South Dakota Sheriffs’ Association Conference 2023
United States
2023 Florida Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Annual Training Symposium
14100 Bonnet Creek Resort Lane
United States
An Overview of NamUs Data Entry for Florida Law Enforcement - 9/25/23
United States
An Overview of NamUs Data Entry for Florida Law Enforcement - 9/20/23
United States
California State Coroners Association 2023 Symposium
1710 W. Mission Bay Drive
United States
35th Annual Colonel Henry F. Williams International Homicide Seminar
1220 Washington Avenue; Building 22
United States
An Overview of NamUs Data Entry for Florida Law Enforcement - 9/15/23
United States
Regional Organized Crime Information Center (ROCIC) 32nd Annual Homicide Conference
United States
Missing in North Carolina Day 2023
3040 East Cornwallis Drive, Holden Building
United States
North Carolina NamUs Training – September 2023
United States
1st Annual United States Indian Police Academy (USIPA) Instructor & Certification Training for Tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Law Enforcement
401 2nd Street NW
United States
SLU School of Medicine Masters Conference: Medicolegal Death Investigators Training Course
315 Chestnut St
United States
2023 International Association of Identification Annual Educational Conference
201 Waterfront Street
United States
US Army CID Forensic Friday Lecture
United States
Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) Site Visit and Training Meeting
2721 Patriot Highway
United States
18th Annual Government to Government Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation
United States
2023 International Homicide Investigators Association 29th Annual Training Symposium
1 N Broadway Avenue
United States
Missing in Colorado 2023
1061 Akron Way, Bldg. 697
United States
Regional Missing Migrant Program Summit July 2023
United States