The National Center for Victims of Crime is a nonprofit organization that advocates for victims’ rights, trains professionals who work with victims, and serves as a trusted source of information on victims’ issues. After more than 25 years, the center remains the most comprehensive national resource committed to advancing victims’ rights and helping victims of crime rebuild their lives.

The National Center is, at its core, an advocacy organization committed to—and working on behalf of—crime victims and their families. Rather than focus the entire organization’s work on one type of crime or victim, the National Center addresses all types of crime.

Through collaboration with local, state, and federal partners, the National Center:

• Advocates for stronger rights, protections, and services for crime victims
• Provides education, training, and evaluation
• Serves as a trusted source of current information on victims' issues
   

This no-cost webinar, hosted by the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), highlights the tools included within the NW3C Utility Suite. The tools that will be discussed include Quick Hashing Utility, Batch Hashing Utility, Hex Viewer, Date/Time Utility, Recycle Bin Parser, SQLite Extraction Utility, and USN Journal Converter. These tools are available to law enforcement as a free download from NW3C’s website.

This webinar is intended for law enforcement personnel: those who are directly attached to or work in support of a law enforcement agency. Please register using your agency-issued email.

Date:  August 20, 2019 
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., ET

Raising the issue of officer health and wellness to the level of attention it deserves is a priority not only of BJA but the entire Department of Justice. There are few higher priorities, in fact. Given the primary role they play in keeping our communities safe, America's law enforcement deserves nothing less.
-Director Jon Adler, Bureau of Justice Assistance

A new resilience training program for law enforcement officers, now in the pilot stage, is finding resonance for its unique approach. The program offers stress-management techniques centered around the development of meaningful connections, along with strengthening one’s optimism, character, and gratitude.

For the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the training is the latest in the VALOR Initiative's ongoing effort to provide law enforcement officers with the skills necessary to manage the heavy stress loads they face daily, which result in high rates of officer suicide, depression, other mental health problems, and myriad impacts on their families. Central to its success to date is VALOR's partnerships with national organizations such as the International Association of Chiefs of Police and respected research centers such as the University of Pennsylvania's Positive Psychology Center.

The recent ransomware attacks targeting systems across the country are the latest in a string of attacks affecting state and local government partners. The growing number of such attacks highlights the critical importance of making cyber preparedness a priority and taking the necessary steps to secure networks against adversaries. Prevention is the most effective defense against ransomware.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), the National Governors Association (NGA), and the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) are committed to supporting ransomware victims and encouraging all levels of government to proactively protect their networks against the threat of a ransomware attack. These organizations have called on state, local, territorial, and tribal government partners, along with the wider cyber community, to take three essential actions to enhance their defensive posture against ransomware. Read the article here.
 

“With about 900,000 sex offenders now registered in jurisdictions across the United States, this symposium comes at a pivotal moment in our fight against sex crimes in America. I am excited to join hundreds of public safety professionals, victim service providers, and sex offender registry officials from around the country as we renew our collective commitment to holding perpetrators accountable and keeping our citizens safe.” 
-Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Katharine T. Sullivan, remarks from the 2019 National Symposium on Sex Offender Management and Accountability

First established in 2005 as the National Sex Offender Public Registry (NSOPR), NSOPW was renamed by the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 in honor of 22-year-old college student Dru Sjodin of Grand Forks, North Dakota, a young woman who was kidnapped and murdered by a sex offender who was registered in Minnesota. 

NSOPW is the only U.S. government website that links public state, territorial, and tribal sex offender registries in one national search site. NSOPW presents the most up-to-date information provided by each jurisdiction.  The search criteria available for searches are limited to what each individual jurisdiction may provide.  Search results should be verified by visiting each individual jurisdiction’s public registry website for further information and/or guidance.