The Blue Knight Gala

presented by

THE OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE FOUNDATION

SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 2024

Aspen Ranch

1000 WINNERS CIRCLE | EDMOND, OKLAHOMA

Featuring Special Keynote Speaker

John Walsh

from "America's Most Wanted"

Come and be part of an unforgettable evening at the inaugural Blue Knight Gala 2024! Immerse yourself in a night filled with unmatched entertainment and camaraderie, surrounded by the esteemed members of Oklahoma City's elite community. This exclusive event highlights the exceptional efforts of the Oklahoma City Police Department, combining delightful cuisine with captivating insights from our distinguished guest speaker, John Walsh. Get ready for an extraordinary celebration that assures an experience like no other!

Reserve your seat by March 1, 2024 • Check-in begins at 6:30 p.m.

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John Walsh

Blue Knight Gala Keynote Speaker

John Walsh is the Emmy®-winning, longtime host and executive producer of America’s Most Wanted – the groundbreaking reality program that helped law enforcement capture more than 1,100 dangerous fugitives and brought home more than 50 missing children since its debut in 1988. Following the phenomenal success of AMW, John was featured on The Hunt, which has been credited with the capture of 12 more fugitives. A successor to the show, In Pursuit with John Walsh, aired on Discovery ID in January 2019.

John never sought the role of crime fighter and victims’ advocate, but it has been his life’s mission since July 27, 1981 – the day his 6-year-old child, Adam, was abducted from a shopping mall near his home in Hollywood, Florida. Adam was found murdered two weeks later. The case remained unsolved for 27 years. But in December, 2008, after a long investigation that was re-opened by the Hollywood Police Department – and with assistance from dedicated active and retired criminal justice professionals – Adam’s case was finally closed. Although Adam’s case was finally closed, the pain of their loss lives on and their experience showed them that the nation was in desperate need of a coordinated national response to the issues of missing and sexually exploited children.

In 1984 John and his wife, Revé, founded the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. NCMEC, as it’s known, has been at the forefront of child protection for more than 34 years and provides invaluable resources to parents, children and law enforcement in the United States and internationally. The nonprofit has helped law enforcement recover more than 277,000 missing children and operates the CyberTipline, the centralized reporting system in the U.S. for suspected child sexual exploitation.

John and Revé have been blessed with three more children: Meghan, Callahan and Hayden and have three grandchildren. John and his wife remain very active with NCMEC and continue to fight for victims’ rights and for justice throughout the United States and wherever children or crime victims are in need.