Iowa has an after-action procedure for every alert we issue. We meet with the requesting agency and discuss how they thought the process worked and if they thought anything could have gone better. The AMBER Alert Coordinator, Assistant Coordinator and representatives from all of our Dept. of Public Safety divisions attend these after-action meetings. We do these meetings within a week of an alert being issued.
We have quarterly reports where all alerts are reviewed. All information is stored on a separate drive as well as in paper folders.
We also have an annual meeting with all the representatives to discuss improvements and recent call-outs.
We have weekly checks to ensure the functionality of the website. Each specialist that works on alerts is required to login weekly.
We find these procedures to be valuable in keeping our system as up to date as possible.
Also, we have a training class for all new specialist and quarterly reviews for all specialists.