Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council's Five in Five
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Justice News
Justice Department Award to Support Health and Safety of Law Enforcement Officers
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) announced it has awarded funding totaling more than $62 million to provide services designed to protect officers and improve overall public safety. OJP’s Bureau of Justice Assistance and National Institute of Justice awarded grants to law enforcement departments; local jurisdictions; and training, technical assistance, and research organizations throughout the United States. This award will support training and implementation of body-worn cameras, wellness programs, safety research, and more to increase officer safety.
Fact Sheet
How to Reduce Repeat Encounters
Responding to repeat encounters is a challenge for law enforcement agencies. Individuals who come into frequent contact with law enforcement officers or nonemergency services often have unmet behavioral health, housing, or other social services needs. This brief fact sheet, sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, outlines four practical steps to help officers address the needs of high utilizers and to reduce their contact with the criminal justice system over time.
Webinar
Enhancing Leadership Skills
In this webinar, “Enhancing Leadership Skills: Tips and Strategies for Public Safety Officials,” instructors will discuss what it means to be a great leader. What are the traits and habits exceptional leaders exhibit? What is the difference between leadership and management, and why is the distinction important? In addition, strategies for effective critical thinking and decision making will be explored. This webinar is sponsored by the International Public Safety Association (IPSA).
Date:
Wednesday, January 8
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., ET
Webinar
Drug Trafficking in Indian Country
It has been shown that Indian Country suffers from higher addiction rates than the national average, especially as related to methamphetamine. This session will look at the impact of substance abuse in Indian Country: not only to whom, where, and how these substances are delivered in tribal communities but how they are transported, stored, and trafficked from those communities, as well as how this activity has impacted surrounding communities. This webinar is sponsored by the Justice Clearinghouse.
Date:
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., ET
Funding Opportunity
STOP School Violence Grant Program
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance is seeking applications for funding under the STOP School Violence Grant Program. The FY 2019 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Grant Program is designed to improve school security by providing students and teachers with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence. The program’s objective is to increase school safety by implementing school threat assessments or intervention teams, creating effective technology solutions, and supporting other school safety strategies that assist in preventing violence. This solicitation closes March 3.
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 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).