This newly released documentary produced by the Federal Bureau of Investigation focuses on best practices after school shooting tragedies, including family reunification, dealing with accompanying trauma, and crisis planning. It highlights the difficult journey of recovery while giving hope to survivors. The documentary highlights interviews with survivors of school shootings and public officials, as well as discussing programs and resources available to school systems, law enforcement, and the community before, during, and after an incident. 

This webinar, sponsored by the National Criminal Justice Training Center, discusses resources used by the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators and how they can assist child advocacy center employees to protect children. During the webinar, participants will examine digital images and documents for metadata to show ownership, equipment used to create the images or documents, and possible locations of the offenders and crime scenes. The webinar will also discuss the identification of additional victims through forensic examination of computers and cell phones, how possible hands-on offenders are identified from their activity in certain online communities, and tips for including ICACs in your multidisciplinary team response.

When: Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., ET

This cyber training, sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, provides an introduction to data encryption, covering the purpose of encryption as well as the process of encrypting data and clarifying the distinctions between encryption and other operations such as password protection and encoding.  It explores the confusion, diffusion, and secret key encryption methods. Topics include detecting encryption (including recognition of some of the most popular types of encryption software), as well as proper procedures for law enforcement professionals who detect that encryption may be present on a device. The course also provides an overview of some of the best and most common encryption detection software tools.

Sponsored by the Justice Clearinghouse, this webinar discusses co-responder programs for which behavioral health clinicians, working in partnership with law enforcement officers, respond to 9-1-1 calls involving individuals experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis. The webinar discusses the national scope of the problem, the usual design and implementation stages for co-responder programs, key examples of co-responder programs, and emerging approaches in use to reimagine co-response. 

When: Thursday, October 22, 2020 
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., ET 

This newly-released report, published by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) and in partnership with the National Mass Violence Victimization Resource Center, covers incidents of mass violence and how police chiefs and sheriffs play an important, multifaceted role in the response to incidents of mass violence. This includes directing the immediate response and follow-up investigation, frequently serving as official public spokespersons regarding an incident to provide the news media and the public with information, and ensuring that victims impacted by an attack get the assistance and resources they need. The report also provides practical advice to chiefs and sheriffs on how to prepare for and manage this role if their communities experience a tragedy of this type.