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July 22, 2022
White House Report
Strategy to Anticipate, Prevent, and Respond to Atrocities
Published by the White House, this report discusses the implementation of the White House’s Atrocity Prevention Task Force strategy to emphasize interagency cooperation and take a whole-of-government approach in preventing and responding to atrocities. Ultimately, the strategy prioritizes three main goals and outlines the steps needed to reach each objective:
- Goal 1: Atrocity Prevention, Response, and Recovery — Pursue Early Action and Locally Driven Solutions in Priority Countries
- Goal 2: Partnerships — Promote International Cooperation, Civil Society Engagement, and Strategic Public Messaging
- Goal 3: Management — Enable an Effective, Integrated U.S. Government Prevention Architecture
Resource Assistance
Responding to Mass Violence—Preparation Is Key
Published by the Bureau of Justice’s National Training and Technical Assistance Center, these broad resources are available to agencies and communities as they assess their situational readiness and develop comprehensive emergency response plans. The resources include several helpful tools to guide response to the immediate, short-term, and ongoing needs of victims and responders in mass-casualty incidents. There are also federal funding sources to support response and recovery.
COSSAP Webinar
Joining Forces—Innovative EMS Approaches to the Opioid Epidemic
Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and hosted by the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP) and the Center for Health and Justice at Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities (TASC), this webinar will illustrate innovative EMS approaches to meeting community needs in the face of the current opioid crisis. The integration of EMS data with ODMAP to better identify hot spots and trends, as well as how EMS data, in combination with other information, has helped drive community-specific interventions, will be discussed. Misperceptions and compassion fatigue among providers will also be addressed, as participants hear about the Community Outreach and Paramedic Education (COPE) Program in South Carolina.
When: Thursday, July 28, 2022
Time: 2:00 – 3:30 p.m., ET
Upcoming Summit
National Law Enforcement Traffic Safety
Hosted by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and the National Law Enforcement Safety Program, this summit will be held both virtually and in person to provide presentations and discussions on law enforcement traffic-related fatalities, including how to make driving safer for officers and instill a stronger culture of safety. The summit will bring together a panel of experts working to improve traffic safety for law enforcement, who will discuss the issues and propose a set of universal recommendations to be shared with the law enforcement community to improve vehicle and roadside safety.
When: Thursday, July 28, 2022
Where: Washington, DC
NW3C Webinar
Using Cellular Records to Solve Crimes
Hosted by the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) and funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, this webinar will introduce students to cellular network technology and how to correctly identify a cellular provider from a phone number. Search warrant language will be discussed on how to obtain all available cellular records. Various types of cellular records will be shown, along with identifying and analyzing cell site location information. Different types of automated forensic mapping tools will be discussed. Case studies featuring actual cases solved using cell site location information will be provided.
When: Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., ET
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