CART Why Have a Preplanned Response 58200 children are victims of nonfamily abductions each year 100 200 of those victims are stereotypical kidnappings Approximately ½ of these victims are sexually assaulted during the commission of the crime ID: 747498
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Child Abduction Response Team(CART)Slide2
Why Have a Pre-planned Response?
58,200 children are victims of non-family abductions each year
100 – 200 of those victims are stereotypical kidnappings
Approximately ½ of these victims are sexually assaulted during the commission of the crime
Statistics from NISMART IISlide3
When a Child is Killed
49% are murdered in less than 1 hour
74% are murdered within 3 hours
91% are murdered within 24 days
99% are murdered within 7 days
Statistics from the Washington State Attorney General’s Report on Missing Child HomicidesSlide4
It is likely that the classic non-family abduction will require a multi-agency responseAre We Ready?Slide5
Child Abduction Response Team
A formalized multi-agency response to abducted, missing and endangered childrenSlide6
What is the Purpose of CART?
To establish a multi-agency child abduction team that will respond to abducted, missing and endangered child cases in a dynamic, timely and efficient mannerSlide7
Inter-Agency Approach
Shared financial and personnel resources
Provides expert resources to augment organized investigative efforts
Assures the victim family and community that all resources are utilized for the successful recovery of the childSlide8
Policy Issues
to
Be Addressed
Liability
CART resources and use of equipment
Mutual aid/concurrent jurisdiction
Officer injury
Use of force/litigation
PursuitsSlide9
Policy Issues
to
Be Addressed
(cont.)
Overtime
Command structure
Briefing of agency heads/confidentiality
Media releases
CART deployment length of time resources are made availableSlide10
Policy Issues
Once policy issues are resolved then they need to be documented
Tools for solidifying documentation include:
Memorandums of Understanding
Protocols
SOPs/Department Directives or General Orders
Letters of AgreementSlide11
Team ResponsibilitiesPhase I
Develop a response plan
Response criteria
Incident command structure
Lead agency designation/CART Coordinator
AssignmentsSlide12
Team ResponsibilitiesPhase II
Develop a best practice policy regarding
missing/abducted
children for recommendation to member agenciesSlide13
Other Responsibilities
Seek training for team members
Develop exercises for team training and testing
Respond to missing and abducted child cases as set forth by the response plan
Develop an after-action report on full scale responses to be presented to the agency heads of the member agenciesSlide14
Responsibilities (cont.)
Develop and maintain a response manual for use by investigative members of the team
Develop and maintain a resource manual to ensure immediate availability of resourcesSlide15
Proven ModelTraining programs from January 2006 through December 2017 yielded the following:
279 active teams representing 48 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and Canada
When deployed, CART has proven to be a successful investigative tool in the safe recovery of childrenSlide16
How Do We Bring CART
to
Our
Community?
Leadership: Ensure Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
commitment
Establish a Steering/Oversight
committee
Meet regularly until the
team
is established
Designate a
team leader
who will work diligently to see the process through
Support the efforts of
team membersSlide17
Advice from Successful CART Programs
Be flexible
Choose motivated and committed people
Do not give up working on your plan
Do not reinvent the wheel
Check your ego at the doorDo not put all your eggs in one basket
EducateSlide18
Lessons LearnedKeep the focus on finding the child
Have a plan and use the plan
Realize it is a work in progress
Do not delay in deploying your teamSlide19
Contact Information
AMBER Alert Training and
Technical Assistance Program
A U.S.
Department of Justice Initiative
Administere
d through the
National Criminal Justice Training Center of
Fox
Valley Technical College
Phone:
877-
71-AMBER (877-712-6237)
Email:
askamber@fvtc.edu
Website
:
www.amberadvocate.org