* Provides support to family members of children, college students, and vulnerable adults who are missing, and offers community education programs.
* Administers three alerts that quickly disseminate information about a child, college student, or vulnerable adult who is missing and at risk of harm.
* Publicizes cases at the request of family members and law enforcement online, through social media and the distribution of printed and electronic posters.
* Provides short- and long-term investigative assistance to law enforcement.
* Trains police officers and develops and distributes procedures and best practice guides for law enforcement agencies.

* Provides assistance to law enforcement agencies handling cases involving children, college students and vulnerable adults who have gone missing. * Provides investigative support services to local, state and national law enforcement. * Provides assistance to left-behind family members. * Provides community education programs.

Offers a free program which enables relatives or caregivers to register persons with special needs in the Police Department’s database. This information will be furnished to first responders and police officers responding to an emergency situation involving the registrant. Special Needs/Silver Alert program is designed for people with: Dementia (including Alzheimer’s Disease); Developmental Disabilities (including Autism Spectrum, Mental Retardation/Mental Impairment); Severe Mental Illness and Other cognitive disorders that may impair reasoning, resulting in a person wandering or being disoriented/lost. Registrants can also request to receive an identification bracelet by checking the box on the Special Needs/Silver Alert Registry form. The bracelet is free of charge and contains a distinctive I.D. number as well as a Suffolk County Police Department phone number which first responders can utilize to obtain information regarding that person. Call for additional information.

Services provided generally fall into three categories: investigative support services for law enforcement, assistance provided to left-behind family members, and community education programs. Also responsible for providing assistance in cases involving missing children, college students, and vulnerable adults. Specific services and responsibilities include: - 1-800-346-3543 Hotline (case intake and lead information received on this line) - Short and long term investigative assistance - Preparation and electronic distribution of DCJS Missing Child/College Student and Missing Adult Alerts statewide. LOCATER (Lost Child Alert Technology Resource), Xpedite, and NY Alert allow for repaid distribution of photographic images and biographical information within minutes - Placement of missing child and vulnerable adult photographs and biographical information on the DCJS and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) web sites - Development and distribution of printed missing child posters statewide - Co-coordination of statewide implementation and operation of the NYS AMBER Alert Program, which provides law enforcement agencies with a mechanism for rapid and widespread public dissemination of information in the event of a child abduction - Administration of the statewide missing/unidentified person repository (mandated "flagging" missing child birth and educational records is facilitated through the use of this data) - Analysis, transcription, and entry of dental and anatomical information into DCJS and National Crime Information Center (NCIC) files on behalf of law enforcement agencies and medical examiners - Collaboration with NCMEC and other state clearinghouses - Presentation of investigative training programs for law enforcement officers, along with development and dissemination of investigative procedures and guides - Furthering investigative and educational efforts instituted pursuant to the US Department of Justice funded NYS Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program - Development and distribution of child safety literature - Ongoing community outreach, including presentations about child and Internet safety to various groups and organizations