Published by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), this roundup provides a list of recent FBI violent crime stories.  The FBI plays a key role in combating violent crime across our country—and in some cases, abroad—through its investigative work targeting gangs and criminal organizations, violent crimes against children, Indian Country crime, human trafficking and involuntary servitude, bank robbery, and jewelry and gem theft.  FBI investigators usually work in partnership with other law enforcement groups, often establishing task forces to concentrate resources and efforts. 

On January 5, 2023, the Department of Justice announced the opening of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) period for comprehensive funding to American Indian and Alaska Native communities.  CTAS funding supports crime prevention activities, victim services, and coordinated community responses to violence against Native American individuals. Administered by the Department’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), CTAS is online at https://www.justice.gov/tribal/open-solicitations.  The solicitation will provide instructions on how federally recognized tribal governments and tribal consortia can apply for funding. 

Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the SMART Policing Initiative, this webinar will discuss several recent findings and lessons learned since the inception of SPI.  Since SPI began in 2009, 114 SPI projects have been funded to test and evaluate evidence-based policing tactics and strategies.  This webinar will feature three SPI sites—Anniston, Alabama, Miami, Florida, and Salisbury, North Carolina—that recently completed their evaluation research.  Representatives from each site will highlight the Smart Policing process implemented (data analysis, strategy development, and implementation), as well as the process and outcome evaluation findings as they relate to their projects:

• Anniston, Alabama: Integrating fixed and mobile cameras and license plate readers into agency operations
• Miami, Florida: Expanding and integrating use of data into real-time crime center operations with embedded criminologists
• Salisbury, North Carolina: Developing and implementing a regional real-time crime center

When: Thursday, January 19, 2023
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., ET 

This January, during National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, you are invited to the Office on Violence Against Women-supported Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Consortium (LETTAC) TTAC Webinar Series on the intersection of human trafficking and intimate partner violence (IPV). Participants will gain an understanding of the overlapping tactics and behaviors used by perpetrators of these crimes; how to uncover these intersecting crimes during calls for service; why law enforcement and advocate partnerships are vital; and how to effectively serve and support victims and survivors in a trauma-informed manner.  Participants can register today for free and be enrolled in all three sessions.

• Session 1: Intersectionality and the Importance of a Multidisciplinary Approach • Thursday, January 26, 2023
• Session 2: Complexity in Identification and Victim Disclosure • Thursday, February 2, 2023
• Session 3: Trauma-Informed Screening, Interviewing, Survivor Support, and Collaboration • Thursday, February 9, 2023

On the heels of President Biden’s signing of the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Reauthorization Act, the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), is thrilled to announce the launch of the new website for the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program.  The website will provide resources to help communities create interventions at each point in the justice system.  Now, policymakers and practitioners will have easy access to national best practices for promoting public safety and connecting people to treatment services while reducing unnecessary criminal justice contact.