With support from the National Institute of Justice, an expert panel on security surveillance technology has devised an “investment road map” to identify priority needs to guide development of new video and other monitoring tools to fight crime and improve public safety. The panel’s final report identifies a set of innovation needs as well as a list of common objects and behaviors the new video technology should be able to recognize.

While the opioid overdose epidemic justifiably dominates national and state-level headlines, a significant issue is reemerging: cocaine, methamphetamine (meth), and stimulants are inflicting harm in a growing number of towns, cities, and states.

The National Governors Association recently released an issue bulletin to provide information on the opioid overdose epidemic and the need to be aware of the reemergence of stimulants.

This no-cost webinar, hosted by the Bureau of Justice Assistance leadership, in collaboration with the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (COAP) team, will focus on steps for implementation, including how to start the conversation with management and clinical staff, what technology/technical skills are required (and how to use the videoconferencing platform), and ensuring patient privacy and security.  Finally, presenters will review a hands-on checklist developed by Operation PAR that includes helpful strategies for clinicians to start, manage, and end treatment sessions using videoconferencing.

This is the second webinar in a series that explores the use of videoconferencing to enhance and expand patient access to and engagement in opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment services.  The first installment, COAP Webinar Series:  Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Outpatient Clinics: Using Behavioral Telehealth, explored lessons learned from six MAT clinics in Florida, where Operation PAR instituted the use of videoconferencing. Click here to view that recording.

Date:  May 29, 2019

Time:  2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., ET

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a nationwide initiative that brings together federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, prosecutors, and community leaders to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in a community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them.

In an effort to reduce violent crime, the U.S. Department of Justice has taken steps to strengthen the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program and other initiatives.  Read the press release and see the corresponding memo to United States Attorneys to learn more.

The video PSN: Working Together to Stop Violent Crime and Make Communities Safer provides a short summary of the PSN strategy, highlighting how it is community-based, targeted, and comprehensive.

The report, PSN One-Year Progress Report (March 2019), highlights elements of the PSN strategy, the status of implementation across the country, recent successes, and resources to support PSN programs.

Forty-four does not represent who we are as the Phoenix Police Department. We are responsible, we are accountable, we're transparent and we're self-reflective and we constantly seek to learn, grow and improve and I think the study has shown us this.

~ Chief Jeri Williams, Phoenix Police Department

The Phoenix, Arizona, Police Department recently released a report, developed by the National Police Foundation, regarding the record number of officer-involved shootings in 2018.  According to the report, the Phoenix Police Department was involved in 44 critical incidents in 2018 that resulted in an officer firing his or her weapon.

The report presents nine recommendations to reduce the number of officer-involved shootings.  Chief William’s executive summary of the report outlines and prioritizes each recommendation.