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August 7, 2020
Law Enforcement Mental Health
Learning Sites
Jurisdictions around the country are exploring strategies to improve the outcomes of encounters between law enforcement and people who have mental health needs. In an effort to expand the knowledge base for law enforcement agencies interested in starting or enhancing a comprehensive police-mental health collaboration, The Council of State Governments Justice Center, with assistance from a team of national experts and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, selected ten law enforcement agencies to serve as national law enforcement-mental health learning sites. You can learn more about these sites and the technical assistance offered at the link below.
COSSAP Webinar
Implementing Telehealth in Jails
This Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program webinar covers the fundamentals of telehealth and the experience of implementing telehealth in a correctional setting to support and facilitate physical health, mental health, and substance use treatment. Implementing telehealth in jails is a crucial next step in providing treatment to individuals in the criminal justice system.
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2020
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., ET
Webinar
Network Forensics: Challenges and Tools
In response to criminal investigations involving digital evidence, law enforcement needs forensically sound tools to acquire, evaluate, process, and present the data to the court. In the case of network forensics, challenges arise when the evidence is buried in large volumes of data. This webinar, from the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence and funded by the National Institute of Justice, reviews a set of open-source tools and highlights an open-source toolkit developed by Purdue University. The presenters will also discuss the challenges in network forensics and potential workarounds.
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., ET
Video Message from OVC
Human Trafficking
This brief Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) video message describes a consolidation of law enforcement, juvenile justice, and victim services human trafficking initiatives at the Office of Justice Programs into one division at OVC. This consolidation better aligns funding, training, assistance, and other resources in support of Attorney General Barr’s efforts to use every means at the Department of Justice’s disposal to bring traffickers to justice and serve trafficking victims. Learn about the dedicated team working to enhance services for victims and the anti-trafficking professionals who support them.
PERF Webinar
Protocols for Suicide by Cop
The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) created this protocol and training guide as a tool for police officers to be able to recognize and respond safely to incidents in which a person decides to attempt to die at the hands of a police officer. These encounters are called “suicide by cop” (SbC) incidents. Many SbC incidents can be resolved without using lethal force against the suicidal person and without endangering officers or the public. This no-cost webinar is designed to bring the key elements of SbC training to all officers in departments of any size.
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., ET
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