CART Exercise in Brazos Valley Unites 26 Agencies
Content courtesy: Amber Alert Network Brazos Valley | www.aanbv.org
On Tuesday December 5, 2017 Officers with the Navasota Police Department responded to a report of an abducted child as part of a planned field exercise in conjunction with the Brazos Valley Child Abduction Response Team (BVCART).
Throughout the day over 70 responders from 26 different agencies participated in the drill to work on improving the skills necessary in these extremely important cases as well as building partnerships throughout the Brazos Valley.
The exercise included professionals from a variety of disciplines including Police (Local, State and Federal agencies), Fire, Emergency Management, Search & Rescue, Information Technology, Public Safety Telecommunications, Volunteer Groups, EMS and many more. The following agencies had representatives participate in the all-day exercise:
Navasota Police Department
Hearne Police Department
Brenham Police Department
Grimes County Sheriff’s Office
Burleson County Sheriff’s Office
Brazos County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office
Texas Child Protective Services
Search Dog Network
Brazos County 911
St Joseph EMS
Brazos County Emergency Management
City of College Station Legal
Salvation Army
College Station Police Department
Bryan Police Department
Texas A&M University Police Department
Brazos County Sheriff’s Office
Robertson County Sheriff’s Office
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Bryan Fire Department
Grimes County Emergency Management
City of College Station Emergency Management
Brazos Valley Incident Management Team
College Station Citizen’s Police Academy Alumni
Special thanks to Chief Leeth and the men and women of the Navasota Police Department for hosting this very critical training exercise as part of Amber Alert Network Brazos Valley’s efforts in