Amber Alerts : AANBV assisted in the issuance of Amber Alerts involving 4 different children, all of whom were recovered safely, throughout the year.

Case Support : AANBV opened up 40 total support cases at the request of law enforcement and/or family members of the missing.  This included the 4 cases involving Amber Alerts as well as 12 cases involving Endangered Missing Children (or Adults).

Field Response : AANBV representatives responded into the field on 16 different occasions to assist with alerting decisions, public notification efforts, search coordination/assistance, BVCART oversight during the initial or as part of on-going investigative efforts.  This included a multiple day response in support of the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office in October during the search for 3 year old Christopher Ramirez who was safely located after being lost in the woods for 70 hours.

Training : throughout the year, AANBV is involved in delivering 16 different training classes/opportunities for law enforcement, other responders, and members of the public on topics such as alerting processes/resources; NetSmartz online safety curriculum, and new CART member classes.  This training was delivered to 149 persons and accounted for 551 total training hours.