NYS Missing Person Clearinghouse is housed at the Division of Criminal Justice Services
Staff:
1 – Manager
1 – Missing Person Investigative Supervisor
4 – Missing Person Investigative Specialists
1 – Missing Person Investigative Aide
1 – Student Intern (paid position)
All positions are full-time, except for the intern. Three of the current investigative specialists are former law enforcement and one has a jurist doctorate degree. Our supervisor is also former law enforcement.
Services provided by the MPC include investigative support to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, coordination of efforts with parents, left-behind family members, attorneys, courts, law enforcement, state and county government, and private agencies in the search for and recovery of missing children, college students, and vulnerable adults; and delivery of child safety and missing vulnerable adult training programs for law enforcement and the public. Investigative specialists duties and responsibilities include:
• Gather and evaluate information regarding missing children, college students and vulnerable adults, decide the urgency of each case and take appropriate action, including all tasks associated with the process.
• Publicize cases of missing children, college students and vulnerable adults via the DCJS public website, NCMEC website, NY Alert, and the other poster services.
• Activating Missing Child, College Student and Vulnerable Adult Alerts
• Conduct database searches on cases of missing person cases, analyze results and take appropriate action.
• Intake, analyze and properly disseminate lead information on missing persons or other criminal activity.
• Assist federal, state and local agencies in the investigation of cases involving missing children, missing college students and missing vulnerable adults.
• Research and develop material for inclusion or updating of curriculum content, lesson plans, and establish training materials.
• Conduct law enforcement training and presentations on the subject of missing person investigations and searches.
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