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Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice; Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative; Five in 5—Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council

The Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council’s (CICC) Five in 5 is a snapshot of law enforcement and criminal intelligence-related articles, resources, and research that may be of interest to CICC members and partners working to improve the nation’s ability to develop and share criminal intelligence. 

The CICC’s mission—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—is important, contemporary, and essential.  Five in 5 is provided for your information and awareness as an effort to assist the criminal intelligence community in understanding trends, training, and activities that may impact law enforcement and criminal intelligence.  You are encouraged to share this e-mail with your association members, colleagues, department/organization personnel, and others, as appropriate.

 
 
1. Body-Worn Cameras

BJA Debuts Body-Worn Camera Toolkit
In direct response to President Barrack Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, the Bureau of Justice Assistance has developed the Body-Worn Camera Toolkit—an online clearinghouse of resources designed to assist law enforcement agencies in planning and implementing body-worn camera (BWC) programs. The toolkit consolidates and organizes the growing body of knowledge about BWC programs into key topic areas, such as research, policy, technology, and privacy.

To access the toolkit, refer to:  https://www.bja.gov/bwc/.

 
 
2. Event Deconfliction

U.S. Law Enforcement Implements the First Nationwide Officer Safety Event Deconfliction System
In an Information Sharing Environment (ISE) blog, Kshemendra Paul, ISE Program Manager, highlighted a new nationwide officer safety deconfliction system—the Partner Deconfliction Interface (PDI).  The PDI is a virtual interface connecting three law enforcement information systems:  Regional Information Sharing Systems’ (RISS) RISSafe, the Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area’s (HIDTA) Case Explorer, and HIDTA’s SAFETNet.  During an event, the system notifies investigators of potential coordination conflicts and works to create the best combined response strategy.

To learn more, refer to:  http://ise.gov/blog/kshemendra-paul/first-officer-safety-event-deconfliction.

 
 
3. Officer Safety

Bulletproof Vests, Seat Belts Not Worn in Police Officer Deaths
In a recent analysis of police officer deaths by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), statistics revealed a troubling and persistent pattern in which a substantial number of officers were not wearing body armor or seat belts when they were fatally shot or involved in deadly vehicle accidents. While 36 percent of officers killed in fatal shootings were not wearing body armor, seat belt compliance hovers at 50 percent with traffic-related incidents among the leading causes of officer deaths.

For more information, refer to:  http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/05/12/vests-and-seat-belts-cop-deaths/27165553/.

 
 
4. Firearms

Magneto-Optical Sensors Bring Obliterated Serial Numbers Back to Life
Through research supported by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, sensor technology developed for medical use is being adapted to uncover destroyed serial numbers on firearms.  The project is evaluating the use of magneto-optical (MO) sensor technology versus traditional methods for recovering and reading obliterated serial numbers.  The new method can nondestructively detect and visualize serial numbers that have been removed from firearms.

To read this article, refer to:  http://www.nij.gov/journals/275/pages/magneto-optical-sensors.aspx.

 
 
5. Aviation Security

TSA Has Taken Steps to Improve Oversight of Key Programs, But Additional Actions Are Needed
A recent study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) evaluated the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) oversight of aviation security measures.  One part of the study revealed that TSA has taken steps to improve oversight of Secure Flight—a passenger prescreening program that matches passenger information against watch lists to assign each passenger a risk category—but could take further action to address screening and watch list matching errors.

To view the report, refer to:  http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/670166.pdf.