The Analyst Professional Development Road Map, developed by the Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council, Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative, in conjunction with the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, creates a sustainable, professional career path for analysts operating within federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial organizations.

The Road Map was first released in July 2015.  While the purpose of the resource remains the same, many of the training opportunities, certifications, and other means to further professional development for analysts have changed, warranting an update to the resource. 

The resource creates a sustainable, professional career path for analysts operating within federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial organizations. This path focuses on the development and enhancement of analytic-related knowledge, skills, and abilities over four overarching analyst levels (basic, intermediate, advanced, and supervisory) and the training recommended for achieving each level.

Communities across the country have prioritized increased access to treatment medications for opioid use disorder. Many systems that formerly discouraged or even prohibited the use of medications such as methadone and buprenorphine—including correctional facilities, drug courts, and the child welfare system—are beginning to recognize that access to these medications saves lives and forms a fundamental component of any effective program. Litigation, legislative reforms, new funding sources, leadership from policymakers, and advocacy efforts have helped create this culture shift.

The O’Neill Institute is partnering with Business for Impact at the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University in sponsoring this symposium where participants will learn about trends in litigation and legislative reforms related to access to medication to treat opioid use disorder. Participants will also learn how to develop, fund, and implement best practices in their own communities to improve outcomes for people with opioid use disorders.

Attendees will include service professionals for addiction and drug policy, advocacy, health care, criminal justice reform, law enforcement, and members of the community.

Date:  October 30, 2019

Time:  8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., ET

NG911 can provide different kinds of information to public safety agencies. Ultimately, it is a community decision to pay for technologies and staffing to support NG911 applications designed to meet community needs.

The gradual adoption of NG911 information technologies will require public safety answering points to collect and analyze data that measure staff workload and performance. Accurate current workload information will be important for determining how much additional staff time may be needed to handle work generated by NG911 capabilities.

This no-cost webinar, hosted by the Justice Clearinghouse, will address methods for quantifying call taker and dispatcher workload for police, fire, and emergency medical services.

By the end of the webinar, attendees should have clear guidance on how to establish an effective, ongoing data collection and analysis process that can measure staffing needs when NG911 technologies are being proposed in their communities.

Date:  October 3, 2019

Time:  1:00 p.m., ET

The National Police Foundation, with funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s National Resource and Technical Assistance Center for Improving Law Enforcement Investigations Project and the Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC) Integration Initiative, and its partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), will begin providing TTA to new FY 2019 CGIC grantees in October. 

CGICs represent an innovative and collaborative concept developed by ATF that identifies armed violent offenders for investigation and prosecution in order to reduce and prevent violent crime. CGIC operations include close collaboration among ATF, local police departments, local crime laboratories, probation and parole offices, prosecuting attorneys, crime analysts, and other partners. The goals of CGICs include:

• Decreasing gun crime incidents.
• Enhancing gun crime investigations, clearance rates, and prosecutorial outcomes.
• Increasing public trust in law enforcement through community engagement.

The National Police Foundation’s TTA services will include guides and checklists, technical briefings and trainings, and quick reaction assessments provided by violent crime experts. CGIC replication sites and other selected agency points of contact may request TTA by completing the Training and Technical Assistance Request Form or by contacting the National Police Foundation at TTA@policefoundation.org or (202) 833-1460.

“Through the looking glass” is a metaphorical expression meaning on the strange side, in the twilight zone, or in a strange, parallel world. While the internet can be considered a strange, parallel world, it can also be an informative, interesting, yet scary place when conducting different types of investigations. Various technologies and methods can be used to protect your identity and information while conducting internet-based investigations. This session will illustrate these technologies and methods to keep you safe when investigating online.

Hosted by the National White Collar Crime Center, this no-cost webinar will identify the methods criminals use to find your data; compare various technologies and software tools to protect your identity while  investigating online; and examine various methods to employ to hide your own tracks while conducting internet-based investigations.

Date: October 13, 2019

Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., ET