Missing Persons And Human Trafficking
Building A Community Of Practice For Missing Or Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) And Human Trafficking (HT)
Taking A Collaborative Approach: ASTI’s commitment to developing a Community of Practice (CoP) sets us apart. By leveraging the work of the Missing and Murdered Unit (MMU) and other partners, we can create a collaborative space to address MMIP and HT within Tribal Nations and Alaska villages.
Expanding the Focus: Our expertise allows us to establish a shared domain that expands upon the MMU’s efforts, focusing specifically on MMIP and HT.
Establishing A Community of Support: We aim to build a community where Israeli, Tribal, Alaska village, and traditional Law Enforcement Organizations can connect regularly, share best practices, and support one another in combating MMIP and HT.
Providing Tools and Support: ASTI is dedicated to providing the necessary training and mentorship to empower Tribal Nations and Alaska villages to hold perpetrators accountable, ensure the safety of their communities, and bring closure to families affected by MMIP and HT.
Explore Tribal And Alaska Village Courses
Law Enforcement And Investigative Resources: Identifying / Responding To MMIP And Human Trafficking (HT)
This course is designed for Tribal and Alaska Native law enforcement personnel and will cover the following course highlights:
- Examine the use of NCIC/NGI access as an essential tool for solving missing person, unidentified person, and unclaimed person cases.
- Identify best practices for local, state, and Tribal Law Enforcement on how to engage with other jurisdictions and be responsible to missing persons reports—wherever they might be filed, wherever the missing person was last seen, and whomever the missing person may be (age, race, ethnicity, substance abuse status, past criminal record, etc).
- Describe how to develop Standard Operating Procedures to reach out to DOJ/FBI on MMIP and HT, information sharing with Fusion Centers.
- Identify common protocols for how the Law Enforcement Agency (LEA) can identify other agencies with which they can collaborate and inform.
- Demonstrate how to use nontraditional methods to amplify cases, needs, and information sharing.
Best Practices In Postmortem Care Of Tribal Members
This course is meant for medical examiners, funeral directors, non-Triabal law enforcement, and physicians. It will cover the following course highlights:
- Examine the importance of coding AI/AN decedents correctly and accurately.
- Describe how to collect evidence properly while supporting Tribal communities that wish to practice traditional rituals surrounding death
- Identify best practices in communicating with families in a culturally appropriate manner and ensuring they have access to critical information regarding their loved one.
Behavioral Health And Self-care For Tribal Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs)
This course is designed for Tribal and Alaska Native LEOs. Objectives of this course are to:
- Identify the impacts of untreated trauma.
- Demonstrate de-escalation techniques to defuse a potentially violent situation.
- Examine the impact of compassion fatigue on job performance.
- Demonstrate the effectiveness of peer support, self-care, reframing and other resiliency methods.
Developing And Implementing The Tribal Community Response Plan (TCRP)
Tribal and Alaska Native law enforcement officers are the intended audience for this course. The course highlights are to:
- Identify team members.
- Discuss the roles and responsibilities of a lead Tribal or other federal investigator, additional investigators from the OJS and FBI, a Tribal prosecutor, Tribal and federal victim/witness advocates, and a member of the missing person’s family.
- Examine the coordination needed to successfully implement a search team.
- Demonstrate effective communication with family members.
- Identify how to disseminate and share information.
- Identify best practices in plan organization.
- Discuss how to best implement Savanna’s Act.
Victim And Family Advocacy For MMIP And HT
This course is designed for Tribal and Alaska Native LEOs, non-Tribal LEOs, and prosecutors with the following objectives:
- Understand the role of a victim advocate.
- Identify the effects of MMIP and HT and its impact on families
- Examine best practices when working with victims’ families and how to respond to MMIP and HT.
- Identify family and victim rights.
- Learn how to manage high-stress situations using trauma-informed, de-escalation, and conflict resolution skills.
- Discuss how to collaboratively create a process that is centered around survivors, families, and people who are directly impacted by violence, providing information, updates, timelines, and more to all involved.
- Demonstrate how to develop and implement a culturally responsive community and individual restorative justice programs.
