Requesting Missing Person Alerts in New York State

Requesting Missing Person Alerts in New York State: Procedural Changes and Enhanced Features You Need to Know!

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Services Provided: • Operating the 1 -800 -346 -3543 hotline • Short and long-term investigative assistance • NYS Missing Child, College Student and Vulnerable Adult Alerts • Publicizing missing child, college student and vulnerable adult NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 3

Services Provided continued: • Dental and anatomical information • Administration of the statewide missing and unidentified person repositories • Mandated "flagging" missing child birth and educational records NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 4

Services Provided continued: • Presenting investigative training programs for law enforcement officers • Developing and disseminating investigative procedures and guides • Developing and distributing child safety literature • Collaborating with NCMEC and other state clearinghouses NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 5

Services Provided continued: • Utilized when law enforcement believe the life of a missing child, college student or vulnerable adult is at a credible risk of serious bodily harm or death. NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014

Purpose of Alerts • Rapidly disseminate information to law enforcement, media outlets and the public • Safely locate the missing person as quickly as possible NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 7

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Success Rate – 33% Missing Vulnerable Adult Alerts Jan - April 2014 33% Activations Locates 67% NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 9

Subject of Alerts • Child or adult with autism • Child who may be suicidal • Young child who has wandered or become lost • Child who left willingly with a dangerous acquaintance • Person with Alzheimer's disease or dementia NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 10

Information Distribution Mechanisms (2014) NYS DCJS Website NYS Thruway Toll Plaza Printers (59) NYS AMBER Alert Website (AMBER Only) NYS Thruway Service Area – TVs (27) NCMEC Website Media Outlets - Radio/Television (659) Hospitals/Clinics (625) VMS: Thruway (133); Highways (345) Alert Public Subscriber: 55, 000+ Police Agencies - Local, State, Federal (1, 328) AMTRAK Stations (13) Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) - (AMBER Only) Airports/TSA(40) NYS DMV and NYS Lottery Terminal Message Boards - stores (16, 000, AMBER only) LPRs (327) Greyhound/Trailways Terminals (108) NYS/Co. Probation (59) NYC Taxis (13, 000)/Limousines (18, 000) and NYC 11 OEM

Benefit + Automating alerts saves valuable time of dissemination of information + Significantly decreases risk of error + Reduces man hours spent activating alerts + Automation will allow alerts to be activated up to 90% faster + Increased possibility of saving a life NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 12

Timeframe • 1 st Iteration: May 13, 2014 – Missing Person Record Entry • 2 nd Iteration: July 30, 2014 – Missing Person Record Modify – Assistance Request • 3 rd Iteration: January 2015 – Missing Person Suspect Information – Missing Person and Suspect Images – Maiden Name - Alias NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 13

What’s New? Missing Person’s Photograph Missing Person Ethnicity Maiden Name Clothing Description Last Contact Time Vehicle Photograph NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 14

What’s New continued Suspect 1: Last Name Hair Color First Name Birth Date Middle Name. Wanted NCIC Number Suffix Height Sex Weight Race Scars, Marks, Tattoos Ethnicity Clothing Description Eye Color Photograph NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 15

What’s New continued Suspect 2: Last Name Hair Color First Name Birth Date Middle Name. Wanted NCIC Number Suffix Height Sex Weight Race Scars, Marks, Tattoos Ethnicity Clothing Description Eye Color Photograph NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 16

What’s New – MP Photo NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 17

What’s New MP Maiden Name NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 18

What’s New - Ethnicity NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 19

What’s New – Last Contact Time NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 20

What’s New – Clothing Description NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 21

What’s New – Vehicle Photo NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 22

What’s New – Suspect Info NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 23

What’s New – Suspect Info NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 24

Submit Entry NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 25

What’s New – Assistance Screen NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 26

What’s New – Need Assistance NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 27

What’s New – Need Assistance NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 28

What’s New – Need Assistance NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 29

What’s New – Activation Regions NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 30

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What’s New – Activation Regions NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 32

What’s New – Call the MPC NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 33

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What’s New – Searching for Record NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 35

What’s New – Search Results NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 36

Cancelling a Record Use the magnifying glass NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 37

Cancelling a Record continued NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 38

Cancelling a Record continued Still blue – selection could change NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 39

Cancelling a Record continued No longer blue – selection will not change NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 40

1 2 View recording of Live Meeting 3 4 NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 41

Coming Soon - May 2014 NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 42

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Coming Soon - May 2014 bit. ly/findthem-demo NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 44

Upcoming Training: Lost Person Behavior/Basic Search Skills (2–day course) • Ulster County: May 14 - 15 • Albany County: June 14 – 15 Missing Person Toolbox Training • Suffolk County – May 28 • Albany County – June 17 • Clinton County – June 25 • Ulster County – September 10 • Monroe County – September 30 • Putnam County – September 23 • Erie County – October 15 • Oneida County – October 22 NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 45

Upcoming Training: NASAR – Managing the Lost Person Incident (3 -day course) • Ulster County: October 7 – 9 • Erie County: October 28 – 30 By request: • Basic Course for Police Officers – Missing Person Investigations • Basic Course for Police Investigators • In-house NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 46

Questions New York State Missing Persons Clearinghouse 1 -800 -346 -3543 missingpersons@dcjs. ny. gov criminaljustice. ny. gov NYS DCJS Missing Persons Clearinghouse 2014 47