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Sebastian Rogers' disappearance has recently begun to capture the attention of people outside of Tennessee, with the case among two national AMBER Alerts that are still active.

Department of Justice officials visited an annual community violence intervention and prevention conference in Chicago.

Tuolumne County Sheriff’s SWAT personnel assisted Stanislaus County Sheriff’s investigators Wednesday who searched a rural property belonging to a current member of the California Nomads, and the search was related

{KXLG -Watertown, SD} The Codington County Community Services Office received a federal grant, the Reaching Rural Grant, to develop a team of six and work with the community to come

In 2020, Congress passed the Not Invisible Act to help address the Missing and Murdered Persons Crisis. The bill formed a federal commission made up of tribal leaders, federal agencies, families, and survivors, who were tasked with developing recommendations on how best to address the crisis. The Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice responded to these recommendations in early March.

The School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Police Department are partnering for a new pilot program to help students who experience trauma outside of school thanks to a $1 million grant issued by the Bureau of Justice Assistance

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the creation of a new office to train state and local officials on procedures to apply "red flag" laws.

 

An Amber Alert for 15-year-old Kaylee Cope has authorities on the search for her boyfriend who is considered to be armed and dangerous.

Since 1996, law enforcement across the United States has utilized the early-warning broadcast system known as AMBER alerts when searching for missing children.