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://it.ojp.gov/FiveIn5.
The Importance and Impact of Cold Case Units
Video
The National Institute of Justice has released a new video that highlights the work of practitioners from across the criminal justice system. The video and its companion document, National Best Practices for Implementing and Sustaining a Cold Case Investigation Unit, provide information on the importance of cold case units and the impact they can have within the criminal justice system.
First Responder Resource Group
Tackling Key Responder Issues
The First Responder Resource Group (FRRG)—an all-volunteer working group that includes 150 members of state, local, federal, and tribal law enforcement agencies, fire departments, emergency medical services, emergency management, and other disciplines—recently hosted its 2019 conference in San Diego, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). Focusing on the top-priority needs of first responders with the intent to maximize their safety, this group convenes each year to explore and review developments in the field.
FRRG members discussed the following resources:
S&T’s Next Generation First Responder Apex Program, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Silicon Valley Innovation Program’s ongoing initiatives, including the Smart City Interoperability Reference Architecture, a project that assesses the state of emerging standards for Smart Cities in the area of public safety and the development of open architecture for interoperable “Internet of Things” (IoT) sensors
Wearable Alert and Monitoring System, a distributed, intelligent IoT communication system that will bring seamless situational awareness to first responders
Webinar
Strategies for Policing Innovation Presents Data-Driven Decision Making
The Strategies for Policing Innovation (SPI) is offering a webinar on data-driven decision making. This online, interactive event aims to engage participants in a focused discussion on how to institutionalize the use of data in a law enforcement agency. SPI maintains a commitment to increasing the capacity of law enforcement agencies to use data and intelligence in decision making and to improving the use of such data. This webinar will discuss what data-driven decision making involves for a law enforcement agency, provide examples from both SPI and the National Public Safety Partnership, and discuss how to institutionalize it in an agency through innovation and officer buy-in.
Date: September 11, 2019
Time: 2:00 p.m., ET
Effective Strategies to Investigate and Prosecute Labor Trafficking in the United States
Classroom Training
This two-and-a-half-day training, funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), is designed to prepare participants to identify, investigate, and prosecute labor trafficking crimes.
This course will enable investigators and prosecutors to proactively identify victims of labor trafficking and effectively investigate and prosecute offenders using best practices and a trauma-centered approach.
Topics include the following:
- Prevalence and venues of labor trafficking
- Trauma-informed interviewing
- Proactive investigation and prosecution strategies
- Immigration relief for victims
- Language access and working with interpreter
This training course is directed toward law enforcement investigators; federal, local, and tribal human trafficking investigators; BJA-funded Human Trafficking Task Force members; federal and local prosecutors; and crime analysts.
The registration deadline is September 16, 2019.
Location:
Norfolk Police Department
901 Asbury Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23513
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 8:00 a.m., to Friday, September 27, 2019, 12:00 Noon, ET
Mass Violence in America
Causes, Impacts, and Solutions
Among advanced countries, the United States has a unique problem with mass violence—defined as crimes in which four or more people are killed in an event or related series of events. Frequently, in the wake of such tragedies, policymakers and the public raise the specter of mental illness as a major contributing factor.
The National Council for Behavioral Health Medical Director Institute convened an expert panel to analyze the root causes of mass violence, its contributing factors, the characteristics of perpetrators, and the impacts on victims and society. The panel specifically examined the extent to which mental illness is or is not a contributing factor to this social pathology and developed recommendations for a broad range of stakeholders.
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).