Throughout 2023, the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), and the National Policing Institute (NPI) convened a series of meetings to discuss specialized units in state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies and create guidance for those agencies’ leadership to consider when forming, managing, and disbanding such units. This report includes sections on identifying the need for a specialized unit; selecting the unit’s membership and leadership; managing the unit; establishing its policies, procedures, and end date; holding the unit and its members accountable; and working with community members when they have feedback on the specialized unit’s operations.

Funded by the Office for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency and hosted by the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), this webinar focuses on the strategic extraction and preservation of social media data pertinent to investigations. Participants will learn effective techniques to gather, manage, and securely store this critical information without any financial burden. The speaker will present a structured methodology tailored for law enforcement agencies dealing with sensitive cases. It covers three key phases: collecting data, automating downloads, and preserving the gathered information

Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., ET

Published by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, this publication begins with an introduction to the concept of AI and its place in society, including specific technologies such as generative AI. The second section of the publication sorts AI systems by how they relate to disinformation, extremism, or otherwise ‘legal but harmful’ online content, including how such systems can present a risk to public safety.  Finally, the paper discusses the ever-developing field of AI ethics, regulation, and resources to help inform global policymakers on how best to protect human citizens in the form of AI governance.

Published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), this report presents data on persons ages 16 or older who were notified that an entity with their personal information experienced a data breach. It also provides details on the types of identity theft that victims experienced. BJS collects information on types of identity theft, such as misuse of an existing account, misuse of personal information to open a new account, and misuse of personal information for other fraudulent purposes, through the Identity Theft Supplement (ITS), a supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey. The ITS also captures information on data breach notifications. Data breaches are events in which files or data from an entity (company, government agency, or some other organization) are stolen, lost, or posted on a publicly available website. They represent one way that personal information can be stolen. When a data breach occurs, some entities notify persons whose information was exposed to warn them of potential identity theft.

Developed by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), this publication summarizes research findings on the role of the internet and social media in domestic radicalization, including findings of studies funded by the NIJ. These studies have found that the connection between radicalization and the internet is complex and depends on individual and offline factors. Individuals engage with violent extremist materials and online networks for various reasons. Spending more time online and on specific platforms may increase an individual’s risk of engaging with hateful content.