This Web event, funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and hosted by the Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR), discusses strategies to prepare for and respond to unfamiliar or challenging circumstances, how to increase officer safety by emphasizing how to remain calm in difficult or stressful situations, and how law enforcement officers can balance the complexities of the law enforcement profession with understanding and responding to the needs and expectations of the communities officers protect and serve. This Web event is designed for line and patrol law enforcement officers; however, all sworn law enforcement professionals are invited to participate. 

When: Thursday, February 4, 2021
Time:  11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., ET

Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and published by the Office of Community Oriented Policing (COPS) in partnership with the National Police Foundation, this report discusses how rural law enforcement agencies face increasing rates of crime and disorder, often with dwindling resources to combat them. To discuss critical issues in rural policing, this report has convened a listening session series with rural law enforcement stakeholders to discuss rural law enforcement's common concerns, challenges, and needs. The results of the second round of these sessions, which took place in seven states in late 2019 and early 2020, are summarized in the report.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced the expansion of Operation Crystal Shield. This expansion includes the designation of two additional methamphetamine “transportation hubs” in 2021. Through this effort, the DEA is attacking the entire supply chain, locating and seizing meth shipments before they are broken down and trafficked into our communities and neighborhoods. The Chicago Field Division and the San Francisco Field Division have been added to this initiative, along with the nine DEA field divisions originally selected to participate. In addition, operational resources have been increased by 50 percent to attack the meth threat and the violence that accompanies it.

Hosted by the Justice Clearinghouse and sponsored by the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (Nlets), this webinar will discuss the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) as a state-of-the-art multiagency center working in a collaborative environment, facilitating integration and cooperation. Now with more than 50,000 vetted users, this webinar will give a history of EPIC’s origins, detail who EPIC is now, describe EPIC’s mission, and deliver an in-depth overview of EPIC’s capabilities and services provided to law enforcement across the nation. This webinar will underscore EPIC’s Partner Engagement efforts and highlight the resources available to all federal, state, local, tribal, and campus law enforcement and how to gain access to those resources. EPIC’s resources and services are also 100 percent free. From tactical operations to research and analysis to IT innovations and support, EPIC offers something for every law enforcement agency, no matter the mission.

When: Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., ET

Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and hosted by the National White-Collar Crime Center (NW3C), this course provides information on what constitutes cyberstalking in a legal context and information on handling cyberstalking complaints. Common elements of cyberstalking cases, potential tools and platforms used by cyberstalkers, and behavioral indicators are also covered in this course. Developed with a victim-centered approach, this course provides information on establishing a relationship with victims to maximize their safety and further investigative efforts. The course concludes with guidance on developing an investigative checklist and additional resources available to law enforcement.