
History
September 2001 : Local law enforcement agencies meet to discuss need for unified policies/procedures for dealing with missing/abducted children
January 2002 : Representatives of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) provide model policy/procedures for dealing with missing/abducted children and provide training for first responders.
Spring 2002 : Model policy approved and adopted by law enforcement agencies throughout Brazos County.
Summer 2002 : String of high profile child abductions/murders bring national attention to issue of missing/abducted children.
September 2002 : Gov Perry creates statewide Amber Alert Network administered through Department of Public Safety Division of Emergency Management.
Fall/Winter 2002 : Representatives of 20 different law enforcement agencies throughout 7 county region of the Brazos Valley meet to prepare localized plan to supplement state Amber Alert Network.
Spring 2003 : Meetings between law enforcement agencies, local media representatives and Brazos Valley Council of Governments (BVCOG) finalize proposed plan for Amber Alert Network Brazos Valley (AANBV).
June 2003 : Participating law enforcement agencies sign participation agreement and representative board elected for AANBV.
Spring 2004 : Full scale public test of AANBV results in quick distribution of information and identifies technical limitations to be addressed.
Fall/Spring 2005 : Representatives of AANBV team with State of Texas Amber Alert Coordinator to conduct training in other communities beginning their own local Amber Alert plan.
Summer 2007 : AANBV representative board re-appointed and local AANBV website created as means of public awareness/education.
September 2007 : AANBV adds secondary distribution of Amber Alerts (Wireless Amber Alerts) through NCMEC to the local plan.
Summer 2008 : AANBV representative board begins process of creating Child Abduction Response Team (CART) for region.
Spring 2009 : AANBV designates steering committee to continue formation of Brazos Valley Child Abduction Response Team (BVCART).
June 2009 : BVCART steering committee members attend CART training sponsored by Department of Justice in San Antonio.
Fall 2009 : AANBV distributes Memorandum of Understanding to 27 law enforcement agencies throughout Brazos Valley region.
January 2010 : Formal BVCART announcement with 19 law enforcement agencies signed as part of team.
February 2010 : Initial 2-day training for BVCART members.
September 2010 : BVCART Tabletop Exercise and Case Study
May 2011 : BVCART Mock Child Abduction Exercise-Burleson County, Texas
September 2011 : On site assessment of BVCART by DOJ & AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Programs