From BJA and Global
No images? Click here
January 22, 2021
Webinar
Improving Officer Safety on the Roadways—Lessons Learned from NIOSH FACE Reports on Law Enforcement Line-of-Duty Deaths
This webinar, hosted by the National Law Enforcement Roadway Safety Program under the Bureau of Justice Assistance Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative, will discuss trends in officer injuries and fatalities from roadway-related incidents; provide a detailed case study of an officer struck-by incident, including lessons learned; and identify numerous resources available for patrol officers and agency decision-makers to reduce risk and improve officer safety on the road. Speakers will include investigators from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Division of Safety Research, Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) program, and the Law Enforcement and Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation programs, who will provide an overview of the law enforcement fatality investigations conducted to date and highlight recurring lessons learned that need to be incorporated into law enforcement operations to prevent future tragedies.
When: Thursday, January 28,
2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., ET
COSSAP Webinar
Peer Support in Law-Enforcement Diversion Programs
This webinar, funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and hosted by the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP), describes two police department diversion programs and how they integrate peer specialists, as well as how they identify changes to organizational practices and procedures necessary for the successful integration of peer work. This webinar also describes training for peer specialists and departmental staff to prepare for peer services, explores important stakeholder partnerships, and describes outcomes of programs implemented to date.
When: Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., ET
NIJ Publication
Caution is Necessary When Expanding Field Testing Capabilities
Published by the National Institute of Justice, this report discusses forensic laboratories and law enforcement’s needs and demands for quick results, as well as the scientific responsibility to ensure that those results are accurate. Laboratories are backlogged, driving investigators to try to find a path to necessary results. The report discusses field testing gone wrong, a rapid DNA testing pilot program, trouble accessing phone data, establishing protocols for field testing, and the relationship between labs and law enforcement.
COPS Publication
Advancing Public Safety Through Community Policing
This publication by the Office of Community Oriented Policing (COPS) discusses 25 significant initiatives that the COPS office has contributed to in the field. The publication includes topics such as officer safety and wellness, implementing the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017, preparing first responders for active shooter situations, cutting-edge technology, the National Blue Alert Network, and school safety.
Webinar
Successful Mental Health Diversion Programs—What Law Enforcement Needs to Know
Hosted by the Justice Clearinghouse, this webinar discusses law enforcement’s response to mental health. The webinar will answer questions such as what successful mental health diversion actually means and will include participants from cutting-edge diversion programs from across the country. Participants will learn how these programs were implemented in a way that reduces the burden to law enforcement, saves resources, and helps those most in need.
When: Thursday, February 9, 2021
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m., ET
Did a colleague share this email with you? Click here to become a subscriber.
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).