Published by the White House, this key strategy document outlines critical action needed to transform the United States’ “capabilities to respond rapidly and effectively to any future pandemic of high consequence biological threat.” The preparedness and response plan identifies the following five pillars as key areas requiring urgent attention in the effort to protect the country against future biological threats:

• Transforming our medical defenses, including dramatically improving and expanding our arsenal of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics.
• Ensuring situational awareness about infectious disease threats, for both early warning and real-time monitoring.
• Strengthening public health systems, both in the United States and internationally, enabling them to respond to emergencies, with a particular focus on reducing inequities and protecting the most vulnerable communities.
• Building core capabilities, including personal protective equipment, stockpiles, and supply chains, biosafety and biosecurity, and regulatory improvement.
• Managing the mission, with the seriousness of purpose, commitment, and accountability, akin to the Apollo mission that took our astronauts to the moon decades ago. 

Hosted by the National Institute of Corrections, this webinar helps agencies gather consistent and meaningful data to track the performance of pretrial programs based on the mission and needs of their local criminal justice systems. The second edition emphasizes measures that work in the real world and introduces a new definition of what it means to be successful in pretrial services. Each measure ties to the three principles of bail—maximizing release, ensuring court appearance, and maintaining public safety—and features commentary discussing how the measure has changed over time based on changes in the pretrial field. Outcome and performance metrics are an integral part of pretrial practice and training for pretrial service agencies. With the development of professional standards for the pretrial services field comes the need for measures that will help agencies meet the challenge.
    
When: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., ET

Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and hosted by the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP), this webinar is the second of a three-part series that discusses the importance of community-based medication-assisted treatment (MAT) providers in providing critical in-reach services that greatly enhance an individual’s success in reentering the community, continuing treatment, and accessing essential social supports. Research shows that the relationships and supports provided through in-reach services can be critical to an individual’s recovery and well-being and can reduce further involvement in the criminal legal system. This webinar will provide insight into ways that community-based organizations can provide treatment and support services even while individuals are detained in jail. Different approaches for providing and coordinating services by a community-based organization for people detained in jail will be presented.

When: Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., ET 

Published by the Justice Clearinghouse and funded by the American Society of Evidence-Based Policing, this webinar discusses lessons learned and procedures as they relate to the documentation of vehicular homicide crime scenes. The presenter begins this series with dialogue focused on the use of both traditional methods and newer innovative technologies such as total station technology, laser mapping scanners, and unmanned aerial drones. Also, the presenter will discuss important key investigative areas such as electronic data recorder (EDR) collection, driver impairment issues, legal and established case law, interviewing witnesses, interacting with allied agencies, and the importance of ensuring that the victim-to-investigator relationship starts off on the right foot.

When: Thursday, September 23, 2021
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m., ET

Published by the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) and funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, this webinar discusses Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) as they relate to financial investigations. Conducting complex financial investigations requires you to capture and analyze data from cross-channel files including cash deposits and withdrawals, wire transfers, bank and credit card statements, and other reports with “red flag” activities. The presenters will demonstrate a critical anti-money laundering tool that intelligently offers visibility for illicit money movement from even the most sophisticated criminals. 

When: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:40 p.m., ET