The Homemade Explosives (HME) and Precursor Awareness course provides foundational knowledge on HMEs and common precursor materials. Participants will learn how to define HMEs, how they can be used in attacks, and how to identify common precursor chemicals and materials used to make HMEs.

Designed for small groups of up to 50 participants, this 60-minute training is delivered by a live instructor and is offered on several dates throughout 2020. All participants must have a Federal Emergency Management Agency student ID to register

In 2019, the Global Advisory Committee released a new publication, A Global Unified Message Regarding Information Sharing. The Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council's Criminal Intelligence/Information Technology Crossroads Committee developed this resource to assist agencies and associations with information technology (IT) and policy issues that have emerged from modern IT.

The Crossroads Committee developed and approved this two-page resource to provide guidance on planning for system interoperability, incorporating nationwide information sharing programs into policies and plans, and applying best practices to improve access to data while ensuring privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties protection and data security

Researchers and practitioners have supported the implementation of numerous policing strategies to prevent crime and increase public safety.  Many of these strategies have shown promising outcomes that contributed to community outreach, technology adoption, crime mapping, resource allocation, and data collection. This Web page, sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Assistance National Training and Technical Assistance Center, provides several highlighted resources that can help law enforcement decision makers build awareness of effective crime reduction and policing strategies.

A recent study found that 88 percent of sex trafficking victims encountered a medical professional during the time they were being trafficked. In addition, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline there have been more than 51,000 reported cases of human trafficking since December 2007, and that number increases every year.  This article describes how tattoo artists are joining the fight against human sex trafficking.

The Office of Justice Programs provides information regarding funding programs and resources. These resources can be found on the OJP Human Trafficking Resources page.

The Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies (ASCIA) has also developed a human trafficking toolkit.

Under the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s (BJA) Strategies for Policing Innovation (SPI) initiative, the problem-oriented policing (POP) guide Understanding and Responding to Crime and Disorder Hot Spots was released this year. This guide was developed in collaboration with the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing at Arizona State University and BJA.

The POP guide examines:

• Defining what crime hot spots are and discussing why they are important.
• Identifying crime-concentrated areas.
• Addressing crime hot spots with effective policing strategies.