This webinar, hosted by the Justice Clearinghouse, discusses the importance of mental health and knowing when to get help. The webinar also discusses the importance of trusting others when needing support, as well as recognizing that need in others when it is our turn to provide support. Participants will learn about many different types of mental health resources, how they work, and how to reach out. The presenter is a training provider offering mental health and leadership courses to law enforcement officers and first responders.

When: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., ET 

The Institute for Economics and Peace and the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism have released the summarized trends and patterns of terrorism globally in 2020. There were several published key findings, including terrorism deaths decreasing for the fifth consecutive year, and the global economic impact of terrorism. The report discusses the shifting landscape of terrorism and the pattern of systems and terrorism. 

This eLearning course, sponsored by the Office of Community Oriented Policing, provides participants with a basic awareness and understanding of the LEO near-miss reporting system, which offers law enforcement officers (LEOs) a means to anonymously share their personal experiences surviving near-miss events so that other officers may apply the lessons learned when facing similar situations. In this interactive introductory course, participants will explore the impact and importance of near-miss reporting and discover ways in which both individual law enforcement officers and entire organizations can use the system to help ensure their safety and the safety of fellow officers. Participants should expect to spend approximately 1 hour exploring the content and resources in this course. This course is intended for law enforcement personnel at any level of experience within organizations of any size.

The newly published article by the Federal Bureau of Investigation discusses the recently implemented Next Generation Identification (NGI) Iris Service. The NGI Iris service gives the FBI and partner agencies the ability to capture, catalog, and make rapid comparisons of iris images with a high rate of accuracy. To date, the iris image repository contains 1.38 million enrollments submitted from federal, state, and local databases after they were collected during criminal bookings, incarcerations, or other legal proceedings. The iris images will not replace fingerprints, which the FBI has collected and analyzed for nearly a century; they are a secondary biometric, or supplement, to the traditional collection of ten-finger prints and palm prints. The NGI Iris Service is expected to appeal to police officers and correctional workers because it is fast, easy to use, and hands-off.

Hosted by the National White Collar Crime Center and funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, this training provides basic information for first responders who may encounter digital evidence in the course of their duties. Topics include the definition of digital evidence, where it can be found, the importance of getting digital devices to a forensics expert, and the ways in which digital evidence can be compromised. This course also addresses the issue of when a warrant is required to seize and/or search digital devices.