Published by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the National Cyber Security Alliance, this toolkit is useful for government agencies and private industries alike.  The toolkit provides a variety of resources to ensure that every American can stay safe and secure online, while increasing the resilience of the nation against cyber threats.  Specifically, the toolkit provides the following and more:

• Four Weekly Key Messages—Week 1:  Be Cyber Smart; Week 2:  Fight the Phish!  Week 3:  Explore. Experience. Share. and Week 4:  Cybersecurity First
• Engagement Ideas—examples of how to get people interested and involved. This year, to promote awareness, the social media campaign themes of “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart” and #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth are being utilized.
• Tips to Share—seven tips on how to use the internet safely
• Resources—important informational links to share
• Communications Calendar—guidance for what to share and when
• Sample Communications—sample blog posts and emails

Funded by the Office for Violence Against Women (OVW) the National Violence Against Women Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Consortium (LETTAC) Resource Center was developed for our criminal justice colleagues in the field.  LETTAC is a streamlined, comprehensive program for OVW grantees (and potential grantees) to request law enforcement-related technical assistance tailored to their communities and priorities; access online materials and training 24/7; and stay up to date on the latest funding and other opportunities from OVW, stakeholders, and partners.  LETTAC is committed to helping all members of the law enforcement family—including prosecutors, civilian staff, and call center personnel—respond to, investigate, and prosecute Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) crimes (including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and trafficking in tribal communities) in ways that hold offenders accountable and promote healing, safety, and justice for victims and survivors.  

On October 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced ten new National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) sites that will work with DOJ, local agencies, and community organizations to reduce violence in areas with elevated crime rates.  PSP serves as a DOJ-wide initiative that enables communities to receive coordinated training and technical assistance and an array of resources from DOJ’s programmatic and law enforcement components.  The ten new sites are Antioch, California; Aurora, Colorado; Charleston/North Charleston, South Carolina; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Gary, Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Phoenix, Arizona; Richmond, Virginia; and Shreveport, Louisiana.

Posted by the Justice Clearinghouse, this webinar discusses the importance of sharing information across criminal justice agencies and other domains, including social services and health care, which has never been more evident.  Standards about data are critical to making this possible.  The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) has been developed to make it easier, faster, and less costly to share information needed to empower agencies to collaborate and be more effective in carrying out their missions.  While the origins of NIEM lie in criminal justice, NIEM has expanded to cover other communities of interest and domains that make widespread information sharing easier.  This webinar is both an introduction to NIEM and an update on how it has matured, expanded, and become a more common basis for cross-domain information sharing.  Participants will learn what NIEM is, how it can help improve information sharing and collaboration, and where to get answers on how to best use this free tool set to enable information sharing in your world.

When:  Thursday, October 21, 2021
Time:  1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., ET

Hosted by the Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Program, this virtual course is designed to increase your awareness of where and how weapons are typically carried.  It also provides an overview of the behavioral cues often exhibited by armed persons and discusses some tactics used for making contact with an armed individual while ensuring that reasons for and details about the encounter are properly articulated.  Participants also will gain an understanding of the “totality of circumstances,” as well as the importance of, and legal authority for, officers obtaining a reasonable tactical advantage.  In addition, this course describes common pre-incident indicators of violent attacks and some actions that are known to increase survival during critical incidents.

When:  Thursday, October 21, 2021
Time:  2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., ET