Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council's Five in Five No Images? Click here 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://it.ojp.gov/FiveIn5. Improving the Safety and Wellness of the Nation’s 800,000 Law Enforcement OfficersNew Reports
The U.S. Department of Justice has released two complementary reports that focus on the mental health and safety of the nation’s federal, state, local, and tribal police officers. The first report, Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act: Report to Congress, includes 22 recommendations to Congress ranging from supporting programs to embed mental health professionals in law enforcement agencies to supporting the development of model policies and implementation guidance, enabling law enforcement agencies to make substantial efforts to reduce suicide. The case studies report, Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Programs: Eleven Case Studies, provides an overview of multiple successful and promising law enforcement mental health and wellness strategies. This document aims to inform Congress, state and local government officials, and the law enforcement field. Confronting the Opioid Epidemic and Halting Illicit Substances at the Source DHS Efforts
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) currently leads U.S. government efforts to interdict illicit opioids and their analogues at or before reaching U.S. borders. In fact, DHS is seizing and blocking more fentanyl shipments than ever before. In Fiscal Year 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) together seized almost 5,000 pounds of fentanyl combined—or more than 1.2 billion lethal doses and enough to kill every American by overdose four times. ICE Homeland Security Investigations seized more than 1 million pounds of illegal narcotics, including 2,737 pounds of fentanyl and 7,103 pounds of heroin. ICE made more than 11,400 narcotics-related criminal arrests over the same period—of which more than 720 were for fentanyl-related offenses. WebinarUsing Murder Data to Help Justice Professionals Work Cases and Solve CrimesFounded in 2015, the Murder Accountability Project (MAP) is the nation’s most comprehensive accounting of case information for more than 752,000 homicides going back to 1976. More than a simple database, MAP exists to educate the public about unsolved murders and also assist law enforcement. MAP provides historical information and data patterns that may help law enforcement gain insight into strategies for successful investigations that catch killers. This no-cost webinar, hosted by the Justice Clearinghouse, will address how:
Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., ET Southwest Border Rural Law Enforcement Information Sharing and Interdiction Assistance Grants BJA Solicitation The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for funding under Southwest Border Rural Law Enforcement Information Sharing and Interdiction Assistance Grants, which provide funding to rural law enforcement agencies along the southwest border of the United States to support efforts to reduce violent crime. All applications are due by 11:59 p.m., ET on July 2, 2019. School Resource Officer Training ConferenceProtecting Our Children Through Prevention and Response The National Criminal Justice Training Center is accepting registrations for the 10th Annual School Resource Officer Training Conference, to be held on June 18–20, 2019, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. This event seeks to address school violence and youth victimization concerns using crime-prevention and response strategies. Presenters will examine the impacts of trauma on youth and effective strategies for working with students experiencing mental illness and learning disabilities. The event also offers a preconference event, Threat Assessments and Behavioral Intervention Team Training for K-12 Schools, on June 17, 2019. 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. This publication is funded in whole or in part through a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, this publication (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided).
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