On Tuesday, September 27, 2022, the Department of Justice announced that it has selected an additional 16 federally recognized tribes to participate in the continued expansion of the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information (TAP), a program that provides tribal governments with means to access, enter, and exchange data with national crime information systems, including those maintained by the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division.

Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and hosted by the Center for Task Force Training (CenTF), this webinar sets out to answer the question, “What can be done to help the thousands of elderly persons who become victims each year?” During this webinar, members of the San Diego Elder Justice Task Force (EJTF), including the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), will share how local law enforcement can effectively investigate elder scams, recognize patterns and trends and, ultimately, build investigations into large-scale state and federal prosecutions to hold scammers accountable, while providing tangible results for elder victims.  The EJTF is an unprecedented collaboration of local and federal agencies, led by the FBI, the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO), the U.S. Department of Justice, and the San Diego District Attorney’s Office. This webinar is designed for law enforcement.  It will highlight the dependency of overseas scammers on money-laundering networks in the United States.  Presenters will share recommendations on how attendees’ jurisdictions can implement the EJTF’s affiliate programs.

Each participant is required to create a CenTF log-in account, or use an existing one, before registering for the webinar.

When: Thursday, October 27, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., ET

Hosted by the Justice Clearinghouse and the International Justice and Public Safety Network (Nlets), this webinar features Jim Emerson, Vice President of the National White Collar Crime Center, and TJ Nicholls, Nlets Information Security Services Manager, who will discuss the importance of ensuring that your employees have the skills to combat security threats.  While many organizations use security awareness education as a tool to protect themselves and their employees, it is not always easy to know what should be included or how best to go about actually employing the plan.  In this webinar, Jim Emerson will walk through some of the reasons why security awareness programs are needed, including several case studies of recent cyberattacks in which having increased security awareness through an established program could have made all the difference.  TJ Nicholls will then cover how Nlets built its program and the techniques Nlets recommends to keep your organization safe.  Then, together, the presenters will host a conversation about how attendees may build their own security awareness programs to protect their agencies.

When: Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m., ET

Hosted by the National Institute of Corrections, this webinar focuses on peer support programs in community supervision settings.  The development of employees requires a significant investment of time and training dollars.  Staff members experience unique stressors on the job, which may include secondary trauma and/or direct trauma during critical incidents and their aftermath.  Peer support programs in community supervision allow agencies to address this trauma with a planned approach that gives staff members an important resource to cope with these issues.  This webinar will introduce the National Institute of Corrections’ Guidelines for Peer Support Programs in Community Supervision Settings. Experienced practitioners will join to share how peer support is being used in the field to improve the health and well-being of their greatest resource—personnel. During this 90-minute interactive webinar, participants will:

• Gain an understanding of the current research on vicarious/secondary trauma experienced by staff members.
• Discover the main components of a peer support program and how they can benefit an agency.
• Receive information on the Guidelines for Peer Support Programs in Community Supervision with real-world application.

When: Thursday, October 13, 2022
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., ET

On September 27, 2022, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced the results of an enforcement operation that spanned May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States.  As part of the One Pill Can Kill initiative, the DEA and its law enforcement partners seized more than 10.2 million fentanyl pills and approximately 980 pounds of fentanyl powder during the period of May 23 through September 8, 2022.  The amount of fentanyl taken off the streets during this surge is equivalent to more than 36 million lethal doses removed from the illegal drug supply. In addition, 338 weapons were seized, including rifles, shotguns, pistols, and hand grenades.