Attorney General Tim Griffin would like to invite you to the FREE 14th annual Missing Persons Event. This is a special gathering for families and the Arkansas community to raise awareness of the issues surrounding missing persons and to recognize Arkansas’s missing. There will be a training session from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., family session from 10 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. as well as a luncheon ceremony. This course has been approved for four hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) and Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training (CLEST) credit.

TRAINING SESSION AGENDA (The family session agenda will be sent directly to registered families)

8:30 – 9 a.m.

Registration

9 – 10 a.m.

Welcome
Cold Case Unit, Office of Attorney General Tim Griffin

Human Trafficking Statutes
Deputy Attorney General Jeff Chandler, Special Prosecutions Division, Office of the Attorney General Tim Griffin
Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeanna Sherrill, Special Prosecutions Division, Office of the Attorney General Tim Griffin
Assistant Attorney General Alexa Vetsch, Special Prosecutions Division, Office of the Attorney General Tim Griffin

10 – 10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15 – 11:45 a.m.

Updates on CART, Amber Alert and Recovery Success Stories
Lieutenant Joe Carter, Arkansas State Police
Sergeant Matt Foster, Arkansas State Police
Major Stacie Rhoads, Arkansas State Police
Corporal Dustin Thompson, Arkansas State Police

11:45 a.m. – Noon

Break

Noon – 1:15 p.m.

Missing Persons Luncheon

1:15 – 1:30 p.m.

Break

1:30 – 3 p.m.

Just Another Runaway
Gretchen Smeltzer, Executive Director, Into the Light