Missing Kids Readiness Program
This program promotes best practices for responding to calls of missing, abducted and sexually exploited children. Agencies will be recognized by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® for meeting essential training and policy elements demonstrating preparedness for responding to a missing child incident. This recognition demonstrates to the public the member agencies’ further excellence in public safety services and helps reinforce the public’s faith and confidence in the commitment of member agencies to safeguard children from abduction, sexual exploitation and other risks.
The first step in becoming an MKRP member agency is to complete and submit an application. Once received, the applicant will receive further instructions on accessing the online training and policy review.
More about MKRP membership and training
Agencies meeting essential training and policy elements demonstrating preparedness for responding to missing and sexually exploited child incidents will be recognized by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® with a certificate, plaque, media release template, posting on social media and listing on the NCMEC website. Member agencies will be encouraged to include MKRP membership on their agency website with accreditations, certifications or special recognition. Emergency communications centers (ECCs) will be announced at the annual APCO conference. There are no application or membership fees, annual dues or other costs from NCMEC to participate in MKRP.
- All sworn law enforcement officers must complete the Missing & Exploited Children Introductory module (MECINTRO) and MECPAT (for Patrol personnel) online law enforcement training modules.
- Supervisors must complete the above modules and the MECSUP module.
- Criminal investigators/detectives must complete the above modules and the MECCID module.
- The chief or sheriff and command staff must complete the three-day Chief Executive Officer seminar on Missing & Exploited Children (CEOMEC)* or along with all command staff, complete the four online law enforcement modules identified above and the MECCOM (command) module.
*Each module requires approximately 30 minutes to compete.
The agency adopts the NCMEC Law Enforcement Model Policy and Procedures for Reports of Missing and Abducted Children developed with the assistance of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (or their policy meets critical components of the model policy). The agency written directives are reviewed by NCMEC staff to verify compliance.
- All telecommunicators must complete Missing & Exploited Children Introductory module (MECINTRO) and telecommunicator (MECTEL) training modules.*
- Supervisors, QA/QI evaluators and trainers must complete the above modules and the MECSET module.*
- The ECC director must complete the three-day Chief Executive Officer seminar on Missing & Exploited Children (CEOMEC)* or complete the three online PSAP modules identified above and the PSAP executive (MECEXEC) module.*
*Each module requires approximately 30 minutes to compete.
- The agency adopts the APCO ANSI Standard for Public Safety Telecommunicators When Responding to Calls for Missing, Abducted and Sexually Exploited Children (or policy and procedures meeting critical elements of the ANSI Standard). Directives should also state that all telecommunicators are required to receive missing and exploited child training prior to release from training. The agency written directives are reviewed by NCMEC staff to verify compliance.
- Written directives must address quality assurance. The directive that addresses quality assurance must include the specific function/title of personnel responsible for reviewing the appropriate missing or sexually exploited child calls, the length of time after receiving the call that it will be reviewed and the procedures to be followed. Reviews should be conducted on all abduction, lost child and internet crimes against children calls and all other missing or sexually exploited child calls that generate an elevated or Atypical response. For further guidance NCMEC recommends referring to the APCO/ANSI Standard for the Establishment of a Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement Program for Public Safety Answering Points.
Membership in the Missing Kids Readiness Program is valid for a period of four years. During the fourth year as a member, the agency must meet the following criteria in order to remain a member. Failing to complete the renewal process will result in forfeiting membership and the agency is removed from the member page.
Chief or Sheriff has successfully completed the five online law enforcement modules. If it has been more than four years since completion, the Chief or Sheriff and command staff must take it again as additional information has been added to each course.
- Any additional sworn personnel employed, assigned or promoted since the agency became an MKRP member must complete the online law enforcement modules appropriate to their position.
- Submit the agency’s missing children’s policy to ensure it still aligns with the Law-Enforcement Model Policy (or policy meeting critical components of the model policy.)
PSAP director has successfully completed the four required online courses. If it has been more than four years since completion, the director must take it again as additional information has been added to each course.
- Any additional telecommunicators employed, promoted or assigned as supervisors, QA/QI evaluators or trainers since the agency became a member must complete the required online courses.
- Submit the written directives on processing calls of missing and sexually exploited children for verification of alignment with the APCO ANSI Standard (or protocol meeting critical elements of the ANSI Standard.)
Law-Enforcement Policy and Procedures for Reports of Missing and Abducted Children
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children developed this model policy for law enforcement when responding to reports of missing children. It was developed with the assistance of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, the Association of Public safety Communications Officials, International (APCO), the National Emergency Number Association (NENA) and other stakeholders collaboratively developed this best-practice standard for telecommunicators when responding to calls regarding missing and sexually exploited children and model policies for responding to these calls. The American National Standard Institute (ANSI) recognizes these best practices as a national standard.
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children requires ECCs to address quality assurance of missing and sexually exploited child calls in order to be recognized as MKRP members. The structure and needs of each ECC will determine specifics. The quality assurance statement should include the specific function or title of personnel responsible for reviewing the missing or sexually exploited child calls, the length of time after receiving the call that it will be reviewed, the specific call types that will be reviewed and the procedures to be followed. Use of the APCO American National Standard (ANS) is voluntary but offered as guidance.
Link to https://www.apcointl.org/standards/standards-to-download/ for Download of the APCO ANSI Standard for the Establishment of a Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement Program for Public Safety Answering Points.
For further information about MKRP, please email: MKRP@ncmec.org
MKRP Members
NCMEC is proud to recognize those agencies that demonstrate a commitment to protecting children by implementing recommended safety measures and response policies.
Alabama
Rainbow City Police Department (Rainbow City)
Arizona
Apache Junction Police Department (Apache Junction)
Bullhead City Police Department (Bullhead City)
Superior Police Department (Superior)
Arkansas
Greenwood Police Department (Greenwood)
Sebastian County Sheriff's Office (Fort Smith)
California
Burbank Police Department (Burbank)
Colorado
Littleton Police Department (Littleton)
Florida
Boynton Beach Police Department (Boynton Beach)
Davenport Police Department (Davenport)
North Palm Beach Police Department (North Palm Beach)
Okaloosa County Airports Police Department (Elgin AFB)
Palm Beach County School District Police Department (Palm Beach)
Pasco County Sheriff’s Office (New Port Richey)
Illinois
Harvard Police Department (Harvard)
Wilmington Police Department (Wilmington)
Kansas
Marysville Police Department (Marysville)
Spring Hill Kansas Police Department (Spring Hill)
Louisiana
Coushatta Tribal Police Department (Elton)
Morgan City Police Department (Morgan City)
Massachusetts
Maynard Police Department (Maynard)
Weston Police Department (Weston)
Michigan
Rockford Department of Public Safety (Rockford)
Maryland
Washington County Sheriff’s Office (Hagerstown)
Minnesota
Dodge County Sheriff’s Office (Mantorville)
Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office (Albert Lea)
Shakopee Police Department (Shakopee)
Stearns County Sheriff’s Office (St. Cloud)
Missouri
Riverside Police Department (Riverside)
Nebraska
University of Nebraska Police Department (Lincoln)
New Hampshire
Conway Police Department (Conway)
Rochester Police Department (Rochester)
New Jersey
Allenhurst Police Department (Allenhurst)
Atlantic City Police Department, NJ (Atlantic City)
Brooklawn Police Department (Brooklawn)
Gloucester Township Police Department (Clementon)
Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office (Woodbury)
Highlands Police Department (Highlands)
Middletown Township Police Department (Middletown)
Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office (Freehold)
New Jersey State Human Services Police (Trenton)
Pine Hill Police Department (Pine Hill)
Wall Township Police Department (Wall)
Warren Township Police Department (Warren)
Westampton Township Police Department (Westampton)
North Carolina
Belmont Police Department (Belmont)
Biltmore Forest Police Department (Asheville)
Ohio
Circleville Police Department (Circleville)
City of Powell Police Department (Powell)
Golf Manor Police Department (Cincinnati)
Shawnee Hills Police Department (Shawnee Hills)
Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office (New Philadelphia)
Oregon
St. Helens Police Department (St. Helens)
Pennsylvania
East Hempfield Township Police Department (Landisville)
Lower Pottsgrove Township Police Department - (Pottstown)
Nether Providence Township Police Department (Wallingford)
Penndel Borough Police Department (Penndel)
South Carolina
Wellford Police Department (Wellford)
Woodruff Police Department (Woodruff)
Texas
Bridgeport Police Department (Bridgeport)
Brownwood Police Department (Brownwood)
Ennis Independent School District Police Department (Ennis)
Jim Wells County Constable, Precinct 5 (Orange Grove)
Liberty County Pct. 6 Constable Office (Cleveland)
Potter County Sheriff’s Office (Amarillo)
Utah
Kaysville Police Department (Kaysville)
Layton Police Department (Layton)
Syracuse Police Department (Syracuse)
West Bountiful City Police Department (West Bountiful)
Virginia
Chesterfield County Police Department (Chesterfield)
Washington
Arlington Police Department (Arlington)
Montesano Police Department (Montesano)
Wisconsin
La Farge Police Department (La Farge)
Alabama
Blount County 911 (Oneonta)
Huntsville Madison County 911 (Huntsville)
Alaska
Soldotna Public Safety Communications Center, Kenai Peninsula Borough (Soldotna)
Arizona
Chandler Police Department (Chandler)
City of Mesa- Police Communications (Mesa)
Cottonwood Public Safety Communications Center (Cottonwood)
Florence Public Safety Communications (Florence)
Gila River Indian Community (Sacaton)
Kingman 911 Center (Kingman)
Marana Police Department (Marana)
Pinal County Sheriff's Office Public Safety Communications Division (Florence)
Prescott Regional Public Safety Communications Center (Prescott)
Sierra Vista Police Department - Communications (Sierra Vista)
Yavapai County Sheriff's Office (Prescott)
Arkansas
Benton County Office of Emergency Communications (Bentonville)
Bentonville Emergency Communications Center (Bentonville)
Fayetteville Police Department Central Dispatch (Fayetteville)
Jonesboro 911 Emergency Communications Center (Jonesboro)
Lawrence County Sheriff's Office (Walnut Ridge)
Paragould Emergency Services (Paragould)
Rogers Police Department (Rogers)
Saline County Emergency Communications (Benton)
Sebastian County Sheriff's Office - 911 Center (Fort Smith)
Springdale Police Department (Springdale)
Washington County Sheriff's Office (Fayetteville)
California
Burbank Police Department (Burbank)
Placentia Public Safety Communications Center (Placentia)
Tustin Police Department (Tustin)
Colorado
Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Communications (Centennial)
Arvada Police Department Communications (Arvada)
Colorado Springs Public Safety Communications Center (Colorado Springs)
Denver 911 (Denver)
El Paso County Sheriff's Office (Colorado Springs)
Fort Collins 911 (Fort Collins)
Pueblo County Sheriff's Office (Pueblo)
Thornton 911 Communications Center (Thornton)
Connecticut
Newtown Emergency Communications Center (Newtown)
Northwest CT Public Safety (Prospect)
UCONN Police Department - Communications (Mansfield)
Florida
Alachua County Sheriff's Office (Gainesville)
Boca Raton Police Department (Boca Raton)
Citrus County Sheriff's Office (Lecanto)
Coral Springs Police Department (Coral Springs)
Lakeland Police Department Public Safety Communications Center (Lakeland)
Palm Bay Police Department Communications Center (Palm Bay)
Palm Beach Gardens Communications Center (Palm Beach Gardens)
Pasco County Sheriff’s Office Communications (New Port Richey)
Pinellas County Regional 911 – (Largo)
Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office Public Safety Communications (Sarasota)
St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office (St. Augustine)
Tallahassee Leon County Consolidated Dispatch Agency (Tallahassee)
Georgia
Athens-Clarke County Communications Division (Athens)
Augusta 911 (Augusta)
Chattahoochee River 911 Authority (ChatComm)
City of Roswell Police – 911 Emergency Communications (Roswell)
Decatur Police Department (Decatur)
DeKalb County Police/E911 Communications (Tucker)
Forsyth County 911 Center (Cumming)
Floyd County E-911 (Rome)
Georgia Tech Police Department Emergency Communications (Atlanta)
Glynn Brunswick E-911 (Brunswick)
Habersham County Communications (Mt. Airy)
Hall County Central Communications (Gainesville)
Houston County E911 (Warner Robins)
Laurens County E-911 (Dublin)
Stephens County 911 (Toccoa)
Idaho
Idaho State Police – Regional Communications Center North (Coeur d'Alene)
Idaho State Police – Regional Communications Center South (Meridian)
Lewiston Police Department (Lewiston)
Illinois
Alsip Police Department (Alsip)
Berwyn Police Department (Berwyn)
Bloomington Emergency Communications Center (Bloomington)
Bond County 911/Greenville Police Department (Greenville)
CenCom E911 (Round Lake Beach)
DuPage Public Safety Communications (Glendale Heights)
E-COM 911 Dispatch Center (Homewood)
Greenfield Police Department - Communications (Greenfield)
Harvard Police Department - Comm Center (Harvard)
Illinois Valley Regional Dispatch (Peru)
Jersey County ETSB/E911 (Jerseyville)
McHenry Police Department - 911 Center (McHenry)
NORCOMM Public Safety Communications (Franklin Park)
Northwest Central Dispatch System (Arlington Heights)
Oak Lawn Regional Emergency Communications Center (Oak Lawn)
Ogle County Sheriff's Office (Oregon)
SouthCom Dispatch Center (Matteson)
Southeast Emergency Communications (Crystal Lake)
Southwest Central Dispatch (Palos Heights)
Tri-Comm Central Dispatch (St. Charles)
West Suburban Consolidated Dispatch Center (River Forest)
Wheeling 9-1-1 Center (Wheeling)
Indiana
Consolidated Communications Partnership (Fort Wayne)
Elkhart City Communications (Elkhart)
Hancock County 911 (Greenfield)
Johnson County Public Safety Communications (Franklin)
Lake County 911 (Crown Point)
Scott County 911 (Scottsburg)
St. Joseph County 911 Center (Mishawaka)
Vigo County 9-1-1 (Terre Haute)
Wayne County Emergency Communications (Richmond)
Iowa
Iowa Department of Public Safety - Iowa State Patrol Communications (Johnston)
Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office - Division of Communications (Council Bluffs)
Shelby County Emergency Management (Harlan)
Westcom Emergency Communications (West Des Moines)
Kansas
Cowley County Emergency Communications (Winfield)
Rice County Emergency Communications (Lyon)
Kentucky
Barren-Metcalfe Emergency Communications (Glasgow)
Boyd County 911 (RPSCC-Ashland)
Jackson County 911 (McKee)
Jessamine County E-911 (Nicholasville)
Marshall County 911 - (Benton)
Montgomery County 911 Dispatch (Mt. Sterling)
Muhlenberg County 911 (Powderly)
Louisiana
Bossier Parish Communications District 1 (Benton)
Coushatta Tribal Police Department Communications (Elton)
Orleans Parish Communication District [New Orleans 9-1-1] (New Orleans)
West Baton Rouge OHSEP/911 (Port Allen)
Maine
Cumberland County Regional Communications Center (Windham)
Knox Regional Communications Center (Rockland)
Lincoln County 911 Communications (Wiscasset)
Sagadahoc County Communications (Bath)
Waterville Regional Communications Center (Waterville)
Maryland
Calvert County Emergency Communications (Prince Frederick)
Cecil County Department of Emergency Services (Elkton)
Dorchester County Department of Emergency Services (Cambridge)
Harford County Emergency Operations (Forest Hill)
Talbot County Department of Emergency Services (Easton)
Massachusetts
Auburn Police 911 Communications (Auburn)
Easthampton Public Safety Communications (Easthampton)
Holbrook Regional Emergency Communications Center (Holbrook)
Massachusetts State Police (Framingham)
Maynard Public Safety Communications (Maynard)
Nashoba Valley Regional Dispatch District (Devens)
Natick Public Safety Communications (Natick)
North Shore Regional 911 Center (Middleton)
Rutland Regional Emergency Communication Center (Rutland)
Michigan
Mobile Medical Response, Inc. (Saginaw)
South East Regional Emergency Services Authority (Roseville)
Minnesota
Dakota Communications Center (Rosemount)
Dodge County Sheriff’s Office 911 Communications (Mantorville)
Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office (Albert Lea)
Rice Steele 911 Center (Owatonna)
Sherburne County Sheriff's Office (Elk River)
Stearns County Sheriff’s Office (St. Cloud)
Missouri
Boone County Joint Communications (Columbia)
Dade County Emergency Services (Greenfield)
Johnson County Central Dispatch E-911 (Warrensburg)
Pettis County Joint Communications (Sedalia)
St. Ann Police Department (St. Ann)
St. Joseph Police Department Communications Center (St. Joseph)
Montana
Chouteau County Sheriff's Office (Fort Benton)
Nebraska
Lincoln Emergency Communications Center (Lincoln)
Scotts Bluff County Communications Center (Gering)
Nevada
Douglas County 911 Emergency Services (Minden)
New Jersey
Atlantic City Communications Bureau (Atlantic City)
Gloucester Township Police Department - Communications Department (Blackwood)
Morris County Communications Center (Morristown)
New Mexico
Lea County Communication Authority (Hobbs)
New York
Monroe County Emergency Communications Department (Rochester)
Oneida County Department of Emergency Services (Oriskany)
Onondaga County Department of Emergency Communications (Syracuse)
Ontario County Sheriff 9-1-1 Center (Canandaigua)
Putnam County 9-1-1 (Carmel)
Tompkins County Department of Emergency Response (Ithaca)
Wayne County Emergency Communications Department (Lyons)
North Carolina
Alamance County Central Communications (Graham)
Cherokee County 911 Communications (Murphy)
Currituck Communications (Currituck)
Durham Emergency Communications Center (Durham)
Fayetteville 911 Communications (Fayetteville)
Guilford County E-911 (Greensboro)
Henderson County Sheriff's Office (Hendersonville)
Hoke County Emergency Communications (Raeford)
Jacksonville Police Department (Jacksonville)
New Hanover County PSCC (Wilmington)
Pineville Police Department Communications (Pineville)
Raleigh-Wake Emergency Communications Center (Raleigh)
Richmond County Emergency Services (Rockingham)
Wayne County 911 Communications (Goldsboro)
Wilson County Emergency Communications (Wilson)
Winston-Salem Police Department (Winston-Salem)
Ohio
Champaign Countywide Communications Center (Urbana)
Circleville Police Department - E911 (Circleville)
City of Westerville Communications Division (Westerville)
Grove City Police Department Communications (Grove City)
Hamilton County Communications Center (Cincinnati)
Northeast Communications Center (Loveland)
Northwest Regional Emergency Communications Center (Dublin)
Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office E911 Dispatch Center (New Philadelphia)
Oklahoma
Edmond, OK Central Communications Center (Edmond)
Oregon
Clackamas County 911 (Oregon City)
Emergency Communications of Southern Oregon - (Central Point)
Hood River 911 (Hood River)
Marion Area Multi-Agency Emergency Telecommunications - METCOM911 (Woodburn)
Lake Oswego Communications (Lake Oswego)
Tillamook County Emergency Communications District (Tillamook)
Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency (Beaverton)
Pennsylvania
Cumberland County Department of Public Safety (Carlisle)
Franklin County Department of Emergency Services (Chambersburg)
Juniata County 911 Center (Mifflintown)
Lancaster County-Wide Communications (Manheim)
Lebanon County Emergency Management Agency (Lebanon)
Lycoming County Department of Public Safety (Montoursville)
South Carolina
Anderson County Sheriff's Office E-911 Communications (Anderson)
Charleston County Consolidated 911 Center (North Charleston)
South Dakota
Metro Communications Agency (Sioux Falls)
Tennessee
Anderson County Sheriff’s Department 911 Communications Section (Clinton)
Bristol Tennessee Emergency Communications District 911 (Bristol)
Carroll County E911 (Huntingdon)
Carter County Emergency Communications District 911 (Elizabethton)
Cheatham County 911 (Ashland City)
Chester County E911 Communications (Henderson)
Claiborne County Emergency Communications District (Tazewell)
Collierville Police Department – Dispatch Center (Collierville)
Cumberland County Central Communications/911 (Crossville)
Dickson County E911 Center (Dickson)
Dyersburg 911 (Dyersburg)
Hamilton County 911 Emergency Communications District (Chattanooga)
Hardin County Emergency Communications District (Savannah)
Henderson County 911 (Lexington)
Humphreys County Emergency Communications District (Waverly)
Jefferson County Emergency Communications District (Jefferson City)
Kingsport Emergency Communications (Kingsport)
Loudon County E-911 (Loudon)
McMinn County E-911 Communications Center (Athens)
McNairy County E911 (Selmer)
Metro Nashville Emergency Communication Center (Nashville)
Naval Support Activity Mid-South Public Safety Dispatch Center (Millington)
Obion County Emergency Communications District E-911 (Union City)
Rhea County Emergency Communications (Evensville)
Spring Hill Emergency Communications Department (Spring Hill)
Washington County Emergency Communications District (Johnson City)
Williamson County Department of Emergency Communications (Franklin)
Wilson County Emergency Communications District (Lebanon)
Texas
Amarillo Emergency Communications Center (Amarillo)
City of Plano (Plano)
Dickinson Police Department (Dickinson)
Humble Police Communications – (Humble)
Potter County Sheriff’s Office Communications Division (Amarillo)
Randall County Sheriff’s Office - Communications (Amarillo)
Sugar Land Public Safety Dispatch (Sugar Land)
Woodway Public Safety Department (Woodway)
Wylie Public Safety Communications (Wylie)
Utah
Logan City Police Department 9-1-1 Communications Center (Logan)
Provo City Police/Fire Communications Center (Provo)
Tooele County Sheriff's Office (Tooele)
Uintah Basin Communications Department (Vernal)
Utah Valley Dispatch Special Service District (Spanish Fork)
Virginia
Arlington County Department of Public Safety Communications & Emergency Management (Arlington)
Chesterfield County Emergency Communications Center (Chesterfield, VA)
Danville Fire Department (Danville)
Fairfax County Department of Public Safety Communications (Fairfax)
Newport News Police Communications (Newport News)
Northumberland County Sheriff's Office - Communications (Heathsville)
Prince William County Public Safety Communications Center (Prince William)
Richmond Department of Emergency Communications (Richmond)
Tazewell County Sheriff's Office Communications Division (Tazewell)
Washington
Clark Regional Emergency Service Agency (CRESA) (Vancouver)
Garfield County Sheriff's Office (Pomeroy)
Grays Harbor Communications Center, E9-1-1 (Aberdeen)
Kitsap 911 (Bremerton)
Kittitas County 911 (KITTCOM) (Ellensburg)
Lewis County E911 Communications (Chehalis)
Multi Agency Communications Center (Moses Lake)
North East King County Regional Public Safety Communication Agency (NORCOM)
Thurston 911 Communications (Olympia)
Valley Communications Center (Kent)
Walla Walla Emergency Services Communications (Walla Walla)
West Virginia
Cabell County 911 (Huntington)
MECCA 911 (Morgantown)
Wisconsin
Bayside Communications Center (Bayside)
Brown County Public Safety Communications (Green Bay)
Cedarburg Police Department (Cedarburg)
Greenfield Police Department – Communications (Greenfield)
Marinette County Dispatch (Marinette)
Waukesha County Communications (Waukesha)
Wyoming
Laramie Police Department/LARC Division (Laramie)