A bill to amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to establish a national resource center and clearinghouse to carry out training of State and local law enforcement personnel to more effectively respond to cases involving missing or exploited children, and for other purposes.
Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to provide for: (1) the establishment of the Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training Center for the Recovery of Missing Children to assist law enforcement leaders to develop effective protocols and policies for the investigation and prosecution of cases involving a missing or exploited child and to introduce those officials to resources available to assist in such cases; (2) nationwide training in report-taking and data entry in cases involving missing or exploited children for information specialists; and (3) State-based basic investigation training in cases involving missing or exploited children for State and local police investigators.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.