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Consulting, Trainings Conducted, And Task Force Participation – Dr. Katherine Brown

Consulting, Trainings Conducted, And Task Force Participation

  • Child Abduction Response and Child Abduction Murder Training, Burleson Police Department, TX. (April 7, 2022). Child Abduction Homicide [2-hour training seminar]. Training of approximately 30 officers, detectives, and command staff.
  • Brazos Valley Child Abduction Response Team (BVCART)/Amber Alert Network Brazos Valley, Texas [Consortium of 18 Law Enforcement Agencies]. Consultant and Trainer, 2009 to present.
  • Walton, R. H., Brown, K. M., Peat, M. A., Cossham, J., Smith, A. J., & Listewnik, M. (2019, February). So you want to publish? A basic primer and introduction to forensic publishing. Workshop presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Baltimore, MD [3.0 CE hour training workshop, Co-Chair].
  • Child Abduction Response Team Training, Tacoma Police Department, WA. (July 15, 2014). Child Abduction Homicide [8-hour training seminar]. Training of approximately 60 detectives and review of cold cases.
  • Time to Bring Them Home: Long-Term Missing Children Summit, Alexandria, VA. (April 22-25, 2014). Track 2: Examination of sexually motivated abductions. [Joint task force comprised of the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and the U.S. Secret Service] National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Alexandria, VA.
  • Cold Case Homicide Seminar, Fayetteville, NC. (June 17-21, 2013). Child Abduction Homicide Investigations [Vidocq Society Cold Case Homicide Training held at the Methodist University Center for Excellence in Justice Administration].
  • Cold Case Homicide Seminar, Allentown, PA. (June 18, 2012 to June 22, 2012). Child Abduction Homicide [Vidocq Society Cold Case Homicide Training].
  • Fairfield Police Department, Fairfield, CT. [Cold case infant homicide consultant]. October 2011 to present.
  • Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake City, UT. (September 26-30, 2011). Child Abduction Homicide [Vidocq Society Cold Case Conference]. Training of approximately 200 detectives and review of 13 cold cases.
  • Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science. (December 9, 2010). Child Death Investigation and Child Abduction Murder Investigations [Death Investigation Course].
  • Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science. (November 1-12, 2010). Special Topics in Death Investigation and Child Abduction Murder Investigations [New Haven, CT Police Department Criminal Investigation Course]
  • Brazos Valley Child Abduction Response Team (BVCART). (May 10, 2010). Child abduction homicide investigations: Effects of time and distance on solvability and investigative strategy. [8-hour training seminar].
  • Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science. (January 27, 2010). Psychology and juvenile crime investigation. [Juvenile Crime Investigation Course].