"Great training! Really enjoyed the case studies and all the information provided."

"The Family Perspective presentation gave me important perspectives on what we can do better when dealing with families of victims."

"I enjoyed the roundtable discussions for investigative techniques and resources related to missing persons and child abduction cases."

"It was pleasing and gratifying that such intelligent, capable, knowledgeable professionals would step from the field into the classroom to help present vital information to this group of intelligent and passionate folks. It was an engaging and informative couple of days which I am grateful to have been able to participate in."

"The instructors are amazingly respectful and patient and never came across as condescending. Lovely people."

"Great interactive presentations. Engaging instructors with expert knowledge."

"I will be bringing this information to my council. Thank you!"

"I will be educating the community(s) about issues that persist within the community and how we
can work together in finding solutions to problems."

"Excellent training! Well organized, and the instructors were great. Would highly recommend it."

"The training provided me with updated information on this topic that I can incorporate in my regular duties as well as police academy instruction."

"Very informative and one of the best classes I’ve attended."

"The class provided knowledge and foresight in anticipating challenges that may be faced by my agency."

"Presenters were very knowledgeable and presented training in a way that held the attention of the attendees. All the information was valuable."

"I appreciated learning how to understand the different types of alerts and knowing when to use them for different types of missing child/person calls."

"I have a better sense of how I can then help the field units to better explain to the parent what necessary steps and other information we need to get the correct broadcast out."

"I liked all the class engagement, and how useful the information was, even for my small agency."

"I have had very little training on child abductions. This course was hands-on, and the speakers were fantastic!"

"This was one of the best training sessions I've been to in 30 years. Very engaging and informative! Speakers were excellent!"

"Engaging and interactive; competent leadership guiding the training and locally functional leadership willing to assist the community."

"Coming into this training I had very little idea about the overall importance of time in a child abduction or missing child. Having taken this course, I feel confident in using the tools that I learned, along with resources given. Thank you!"

" I liked learning about the importance of coordinating with other agencies and how to consider what other resources are needed and how to find them/confirm they are available."

"Every bit of  the information will be able to help in investigations and CART operations."

"The surviving family member presenter spoke to us with raw passion the tragic experiences she had to endure in the murder of her young child... a continual reminder to thoroughly respond and investigate from the onset of the investigation to its conclusion. God bless her and her family."

"Analyzing the 911 calls was very helpful in understanding how the calls come in and are triaged, and showed how important and complex call intake and working with the caller is in setting the foundation for the investigation. I now have best practices that I can apply to more effectively handle these calls."

"I now have a better understanding of what is needed to enter a child into NCIC, what the most important information is for the record, and what is absolutely needed to support an AMBER Alert if one is issued."

"As a new Captain, I will be leading human trafficking operations. This course has helped me gain a basis of information to accomplish this."

"The instructors were engaging, and I appreciated their identifying misinformation and providing concrete examples of how CST actually occurs."

"This was a very eye-opening class... the examples of lived experience that the presenters were able to tell us about were really helpful."

"I have a better understanding of how trauma impacts victims' decision-making."

"I will be taking back the details I learned and advice to help others in my office, and will recommend using this training to help inform our community about identifiers of child sex trafficking."

"The course serves a great purpose to aid in the investigation for law enforcement."

"I really liked how the instructors provided real examples from cases they had worked in the past. This allowed me to think about other situations and scenarios that the training would be helpful for."

"The instructors were very engaging and made the material discussed easy to understand. The scenario helped me to picture things and look at many different ways to handle a situation."

"The tabletop exercise was very helpful and informative. That was the first time I’ve ever done an exercise like that, and I really enjoyed it and learned a lot!"

"This training allowed me to expand my thought process when assisting patrol officers and supervisors at the beginning of an investigation like this."

"I liked the information shared during the presentations of each speaker. I think we need to generate more links between Mexico and the U.S., since institutions operate very different. These exercises help us to generate more awareness and empathy to generate best practices in our Mexican institutions."

"These types of events are very relevant for the problems that take place in both countries as we work to seek solutions to these types of crimes that can and do affect our countries."

"This training clarified terminology and understanding about abduction and trafficking, which helps to have a broader and more concrete understanding of the issue -- in order to more effectively identify reportable cases."

"I am going to begin a checklist of people I can involve immediately for child abduction cases."