On July 11, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a new tool giving tribal governments the ability to directly input data and gain access to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Sex Offender Registry using the Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry System.  The system connection will be available to all tribal governments participating in the Tribal Access Program (TAP) for National Crime Information.

DOJ launched TAP in August 2015, and it has expanded yearly to provide tribes with access to national crime information systems for federally authorized criminal and noncriminal purposes. TAP allows selected federally recognized tribes to more effectively serve and protect their nations’ citizens by ensuring the exchange of critical data across the Criminal Justice Information Services systems and other national crime information systems.  Currently, more than 50 tribes are participating in TAP.

With advanced technology, law enforcement agencies benefit from the ability to be at the right place at the right time–and with the right tools to enable critical communications so officers have the real-time information they need.  The capabilities of smart sensors, smart surveillance, and license plate readers and recorders, coupled with the ability to readily push this data to headquarters and responding emergency workers, are continually advancing to create vast improvements in the detection, determination, and deterrence of criminal activity.

This no-cost webinar, hosted by the Justice Clearinghouse, will provide an overview of applications being adopted in public safety and real-world use cases.

Date:  July 30, 2019

Time:  1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., ET

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services recently published a new report, “Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Programs:  Eleven Case Studies,” designed primarily to address officer psychological health and well-being.  This document focuses on innovative, but replicable, programs in law enforcement agencies of various sizes around the country.  The publication reports on 11 case studies of programs in ten departments and one call-in crisis line. Each chapter describes the agencies’ programs and their origins, focusing on elements that can be implemented elsewhere in the effort to protect the mental and emotional health of law enforcement officers, their nonsworn colleagues, and their families.

Mapping law enforcement report data can be an effective way to analyze where crime occurs. The resulting visual display can be combined with other geographic data (such as the locations of schools, parks, and industrial complexes) and used to analyze and investigate patterns of crime and help inform responses.

The past decade has seen advances in analytical capabilities within the criminal justice community, making it possible to add more geographic and social dimensions to statistical analyses to forecast where crimes are likely to occur.

This National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Journal article provides a brief history of crime mapping, NIJ’s critical role, and future directions of the predictive techniques currently in use.

This video provides a short summary of the Project Safe Neighborhoods strategy, highlighting how it is community-based, targeted, and comprehensive.