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“We are relatives,” said Gary Charwood, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Holistic Health Spiritual Care Coordinator. He blessed those in attendance at a recent law enforcement meeting with leaders from six Minnesota Tribes, as well as the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and Minnesota Department of Public Safety. “We all do the work to take care of one another," Charwood said. Our Technology Toolkits will help the Leech Lake Tribal Police Department, Upper Sioux Community, White Earth Nation, and many others, do just that. Read more at: www.amberadvocate.org/indian-country/six-minnesota-tribes-receive-technology-toolkits-at-regional...
National Criminal Justice Training Center #AmberAlert #IndianCountry #missingpersons
Great work Putnam County SO! Swift response, many tools employed, and a safe recovery. ⭐️
Amazing work with Minnesota! Read about all the agencies and community partnering in their efforts to protect Native American and Indigenous children.Today (May 5, 2023), 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 — with Leech Lake Tribal Police Department, Upper Sioux Community, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, White Earth Nation, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and National Criminal Justice Training Center — We remember the Indigenous people we have lost to murder, and those who remaining missing, and we reaffirm our commitment to working with Tribal Nations to provide training and resources to prevent and resolve these cases. American Indian and Alaska Native peoples, specifically women and girls, have long endured domestic violence, homicide, sexual assault, and abuse at disproportionately higher rates than other groups. Working together, we can make a difference. We can make things better. – 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘙𝘢𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯, 𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘈𝘔𝘉𝘌𝘙 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 & 𝘈𝘔𝘉𝘌𝘙 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺
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Another great edition of the The AMBER Advocate Newsletter is here! Check out the post below for all the details, and a link to read and download a complete copy!HOT OFF THE PRESS! We're excited to share the latest edition of the The AMBER Advocate newsletter with you. Read all stories online, or download the complete issue here: www.amberadvocate.org/issue/amber-advocate-53/
Please like 👍and share ➡️ the 53rd Edition with your community safety and child protection colleagues and friends! This first edition of the 2023 calendar year features:
The road ahead for AATTAP as we are back to onsite training in full force, with courses developed ‘By You, For You!’
The successful recovery by the Layton City Police Department of a Utah youth who was deceived and lured away by a sexual predator using an online gaming platform. The young man's parents and law enforcement worked together - and swiftly - and that's what it's all about.
Meet Joanie Collins, a seasoned AMBER Alert and child protection veteran, recently retired from Rhode Island State Police and now bringing her expertise and dedication to AATTAP as its Region 1 Liaison.
Spotlights on Program Manager Byron Fassett, recognized with the North Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking's Champion of Freedom Award; and great work by Puerto Rico Policía de Puerto Rico and AATTAP’s CART training program during a recent field exercise, recognized by Rep. Jenniffer González-Colón.
Briefs on AMBER Alert and other endangered missing persons work underway across the U.S. and internationally.
Find this issue, and much more at: www.amberadvocate.org and learn more about our training programs and so many other great child protection, community safety and criminal justice training opportunities at the National Criminal Justice Training Center.
#aattap #ncjtc #childprotection #childabductionresponse #amberadvocate #championoffreedomaward #AmberAlert #lawenforcementtraining #firstresponders
We honor Jacob, and celebrate the release of this important book with Patty Wetterling and her family. May this book bring hope, insight and strength to so many others.
#LoveAlwaysHopes #jacob11The last few months have been pretty surreal. After 7 1/2 years of working hard, taking classes and writing a memoir, it is finally here.
This never would have happened without Joy Baker. Her skills, dedication, heart, compassion and her shared love for Jacob both encouraged me to continue writing and helped me to believe in myself once again.
Joy is an incredible writer, coach, friend and accomplisher. Although, I had journaled and written about events and things that had happened while searching for Jacob, I had no idea how to start pulling it all together into a book. Joy did. With her coaching, editing and contributing in so many indescribable ways, we worked hard to push through and finish it.
Last spring we were so happy to find an agent with Martin Literary Management and a publisher with Minnesota Historical Society Press. Now, it really is time to share the good news (although it still feels a little scary).
Dear Jacob: A Mother’s Journey of Hope will be released on October 17, 2023. You can pre-order today from
Barnesandnoble.com, Amazon.com, Target.com and Bookshop.org (purchases support independent bookstores).
A huge thank you for all the encouragement and support I have gotten along the way. It has been a therapeutic journey, and I hope Dear Jacob: A Mother’s Journey of Hope may help others who struggle with life challenges.
P.S. Joy also wrote a more detailed blog post on the process of getting to where we are today at joythecurious.com.
