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Department of Justice Sponsors National AMBER Alert Conference

Posted on: Friday, 10 October 2008, 18:00 CDT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is holding the 2008 National AMBER Alert Conference in Orange County, Calif., between Oct. 14 and 16. The training sessions will provide critical information along several training tracks for an audience comprised of law enforcement officials, state AMBER Alert coordinators, Missing Children Clearinghouse state directors, transportation officials, broadcasters and the media. The following sessions are open to the media:

WHO: Opening Ceremony

Jeffrey L. Sedgwick, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs and National AMBER Alert Coordinator

Thomas P. O'Brien, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California

Dale E. Bonner, California Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing Agency

Ron Laney, Associate Administrator for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Luncheon

Jeffrey L. Sedgwick, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs and National AMBER Alert Coordinator

WHAT: Opening Ceremony and Luncheon Remarks WHEN: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2008 8:30 A.M. PDT (Opening Ceremony) 12:00 P.M. PDT (Luncheon) WHERE: Hyatt Regency Orange County 11999 Harbor Blvd. Garden Grove, Calif.

NOTE: Credentialed media should arrive by 8 A.M. PDT for the opening session and 11:30 A.M. PDT for lunch with a government-issued ID and check-in at designated table. Press inquiries regarding logistics and agenda details should be directed to Kara McCarthy at (781) 308-3696 or Kara.Mccarthy@usdoj.gov.

WHO: Erin Runnion, mother of Samantha Runnion, who was abducted and murdered at the age of five, and the Founding Director of the Joyful Child Foundation, a nonprofit, dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse and abduction through prevention programs.

WHAT: Luncheon Remarks WHEN: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2008 12:00 P.M. PDT WHERE: Hyatt Regency Orange County 11999 Harbor Blvd. Garden Grove, Calif.

NOTE: Credentialed media should arrive by 11:30 A.M. PDT with a government-issued ID and check-in at designated table.

U.S. Department of Justice

CONTACT: Kara McCarthy of the U.S. Department of Justice,+1-202-307-1241

Web Site: http://www.usdoj.gov/

Source: PRNewswire-USNewswire

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