Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council's Five in Five
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The Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council’s (CICC) Five in 5 is a collection of resources that may be of interest to law enforcement and homeland security partners working to improve the nation’s ability to develop and share criminal intelligence. The Five in 5 highlights promising practices, case studies, and success stories and identifies products, reports, training, and toolkits to build, implement, and enhance a criminal intelligence capability. You are encouraged to share this e-mail with your association members, colleagues, department/organization personnel, and others, as appropriate. Please contact cicc@iir.com to submit a success story or resource for consideration in the CICC’s Five in 5. To view the Five in 5 archive, visit: https://www.it.ojp.gov/FiveIn5.
Practical Approaches to Sustaining Innovative Policing Initiatives
Webinar
The Strategies for Policing Innovation (SPI) program is a collaborative effort among the Bureau of Justice Assistance, CNA, state and local law enforcement agencies, and researchers.
On September 13, 2018, at 2:00 p.m., ET, SPI will present a webinar titled “Practical Approaches to Sustaining Innovative Policing Initiatives.” This online, interactive seminar will engage the law enforcement community, along with state and local government officials, on how SPI sites are planning and sustaining new innovations. Participants will gain a better understanding of the importance of thinking of and planning for program sustainment from the beginning of the project as well as hear from SPI sites that are in various phases of project implementation and sustainment.
OJJDP Extends Deadline for Gang Suppression Funding Opportunities
New Deadline October 4, 2018
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has extended the application period for the following FY2018 funding opportunities:
- Gang Suppression Planning Grants Program
- Gang Suppression: A Law Enforcement and Prosecutorial Approach to Address Gang Recruitment of Unaccompanied Alien Children
The OJJDP FY 2018 Gang Suppression Planning Grants Program is part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) suite of programs, which is focused on reducing violent crime. The PSN suite is composed of several initiatives, including Strategies for Policing Innovation, Innovative Prosecution Solutions, Crime Gun Intelligence Centers, and the National Public Safety Partnership. These initiatives will coordinate proactively with the PSN team in the district of the respective U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) to enhance collaboration and strengthen commitment to reducing violent crime. Applicants must demonstrate this coordination with their USAO districts’ PSN teams in their submissions.
Terror Threat Snapshot
August 2018
The U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee recently released August’s Terror Threat Snapshot, a monthly assessment of the committee’s continuing effort to highlight the growing threat that America, the West, and the world face from ISIS and other Islamist terrorists. The snapshot includes recent developments, plots, attacks, and operations against several Islamist terrorist groups.
Operation Darkness Falls
Arrest of One of the Most Prolific Dark Net Fentanyl Vendors in the World
Today’s announcements are a warning to every trafficker, every crooked doctor or pharmacist, and every drug company, every chairman and foreign national and company that puts greed before the lives and health of the American people: this Justice Department will use civil and criminal penalties alike and we will find you, put you in jail, or make you pay.
~U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions (excerpt from remarks made in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday, August 22, 2018)
The U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced several arrests, charges, and guilty pleas as a result of “Operation Darkness Falls,” a joint operation targeting people and organizations that sell fentanyl and other drugs over the dark net.
According to court documents, Matthew Roberts and Holly Roberts, both 35 and of San Antonio, Texas, were charged earlier this year with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and other crimes. The Roberts created and operated several dark net marketplace accounts, including MH4LIFE, TRAPPEDINTIME, FASTFORWARD, and MRHIGH4LIFE. They operated these accounts on dark net marketplace websites including Dream Market, Silk Road, AlphaBay, Darknet Heroes League, Nucleus, and several others. They used these accounts between 2011 and May 12, 2018, to possess and distribute fentanyl, MethoxyAcetylFentanyl (MAF), other fentanyl analogues, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA, LSD, marijuana, Xanax, Oxycodone, and other drugs. MH4LIFE had the highest number of verified transactions worldwide of any fentanyl vendor based upon a review of Dream Market.
Learning Lessons From the School Attack That Didn't Happen
Webinar
Sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), U.S. Department of Justice, and the Police Foundation, this webinar will provide an overview of the Police Foundation's Averted School Violence database and project. Presenters will discuss the training provided in schools to help identify behavior that can lead to violence.
Date: August 29, 2018
Time: 2:00 p.m., ET
The mission of the CICC is to advocate for and support state, local, and tribal law enforcement and homeland security agencies and personnel in their efforts to develop and share criminal intelligence for the promotion of public safety and the security of our nation.
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